It may only be February, but in the bird world the urge to set up territory and foster a new generation is already strong. I’ve spent time at RSPB Strumpshaw…
Category: Wildlife Blog
Southern Pantanal 2
Southern Pantanal 2 – The Mad Mad Moonlight News came half way through our evening safari of a Jaguar kill. We drove directly to the site where biologists from the…
My 16 Year Old Self
A couple of spare hours between meetings led me, (not for the first time) to Jarrold’s department store here in Norwich, more specifically their basement book store. I love books,…
Southern Pantanal
15th/16th November 2016 – Southern Pantanal The head of the ocelot, such a cryptically patterned beast, could just be seen behind a screen of grass as it sat motionless beside…
Northern Pantanal 2
Saturday 12th November 2016 (late afternoon) – Northern Pantanal It glared at us from baleful lemon yellow eyes, sat atop a tangle of fallen branches and roots. A Ferruginous Pygmy…
Ringing the Changes
With apologies to any bell ringers out there, I’ve called this one Ringing the Changes. However, we’re not going to talk about that ancient art, but a rather more modern…
Photographing Waders. Petrified and Transfixed – at RSPB Titchwell Marsh
A transformation took place 45 minutes from home. Up until then I had been driving through a landscape enshrouded in autumnal mist, with hedgerows and trees looming islands seen through…
Identification Guide to Small Winter Waders
Welcome to my Identification Guide to Small Winter Waders. I was busy feeding some Turnstones at Walcott in Norfolk a few weeks ago, where they will happily take scraps left…
Wader Conservation World Watch
On Saturday, 31st October, I took part in Wader Conservation World Watch (WCWW), an event organised by a UK based charity, WaderQuest. The event has been held annually since 2014…
Buckenham Marshes – After the Rain
As we plod soggily away from the drainage mill which stands derelict but defiantly sentinel, the shroud of dark grey looming overhead is swept away, whipped over the flat expanse…