Here Be Dragons
Last weekend I went to the Vendee region of France to stay with friends. They have renovated an old house with a selection of out...
Blue Skies Red Kites
A couple of times a year I have to visit our office in Berkshire which although a bit of a trek from Yorkshire does mean I can meander on...
Grabbing The Window
Conventional wisdom tells us that once the juvenile kingfishers fledge from the nest there is a 3-4 day window where the parents will...
Doe A Deer
It’s been quite wet the last few days and the woods are muddy to say the least. It was easy to spot deer tracks so I thought I’d follow...
Starlings
We regularly get starlings feeding on the fat balls in our garden. However it has declined as a breeding bird in the UK. Each autumn...
Self Publishing with Amazon.
From a very early age I always told people that one day I’d write a book. I had no idea what about but I was going to publish a book. My...
Re-Joining the Tufty Club
Until fairly recently the only Red squirrel I’d ever seen was Tufty the road safety squirrel who helped teach me to the cross the road. I...
A Seriously Big Bird
The only thing a Steller’s Sea Eagle has in common with the Sesame Street character is the colour of its beak and talons and its size....
Ravenscar Seals
For a birthday treat to myself I decided to go and see some more December babies at the grey seal colony at Ravenscar on the East...
Even More Reason to Feed the Birds
The recent snowfall across the country brought the usual road chaos and school closures and some great photo opportunities if you can...