Orchids are beautiful creations – you don’t need me to tell you that – but can be surprisingly easy to overlook. I visited New Buckenham Common recently with a friend…
Month: May 2020
Lockdown Wildlife Watching 18th – 25th May 2020
Another instalment of Lockdown Wildlife Watching 18th – 25th May 2020. Maybe we can now call it semi-lockdown, although I haven’t ventured far, mainly because I really don’t want to…
Dragonfly Identification Pt 1
This article, Dragonfly Identification Pt 1, is aimed at those folk who have an interest in nature, would love to be able to identify our colourful and enigmatic dragonflies, and…
Bermuda Shorts – May
Welcome to Bermuda Shorts. It’s always interesting and enlightening to hear about and see images of wildlife that inhabits foreign lands. I’m delighted to be able to include these short…
Lockdown Garden Birdrace
My mate Darren Archer hit upon the idea of staging a Lockdown Garden Birdrace. This was envisioned as just a bit of fun between like minded people frustrated by our…
Lockdown Wildlife Watching 28th April – 13th May 2020
Welcome to Lockdown Wildlife Watching 28th April – 13th May 2020. Weather is all. Give us sunshine and warmth and all is well; get out into the garden, rummage around…
Vanna Bartlett
Vanna Bartlett has recently published a fascinating book, ‘Arthropedia: An Illustrated Alphabet of Invertebrates’, which tempts us to marvel at the diversity and beauty of those smaller creatures that we…
Zoe Smith
I volunteer for Zoe Smith at the Norwich Cathedral Peregrine Watchpoint. Zoe’s infectious enthusiasm, depth of knowledge and love of peregrines shines through. No surprise then that she engenders a…
Israel – April 2015
A few days spent in Israel – April 2015 – immersed in spring migration at Jerusalem and Eilat, a fantastic experience. This post summarises my impressions of witnessing masses of…
Neil Donaghy
I met Neil Donaghy in his capacity of tour leader of a combined art/wildlife trip to his beloved South Wales. The few days spent in his company were memorable for…