Welcome to Bermuda Shorts – June 2020. This month Jessica tells us about the beautiful white-tailed tropic birds that are now nesting on the island and takes us into the underwater world of Bermudian sea grass bays. Here we encounter an array of wonderful wildlife brilliantly captured by Jessica’s expert photography. Just enjoy the words…
Month: June 2020
Wildlife Watching 4th – 18th June 2020
Welcome to Wildlife Watching 4th – 18th June 2020. Good to be able to drop ‘Lockdown’ from the title don’t you think? We are tumbling into summer after a turbulent spring which, as always, passes so quickly. It seems but an instant ago that we were awaiting the arrival of migrant birds; the scratchy song…
Rick and Elis Simpson
Rick and Elis Simpson are special. They truly are people who are making a difference. They have a love of waders, those enigmatic birds that travel vast distances around the globe and delight us with their evocative cries, wheeling winter flocks and boundless energy as they feed along lonely shorelines. They hooked me 50 years…
Lockdown Wildlife Watching 26th May – 3rd June 2020
Welcome to the latest instalment of Lockdown Wildlife Watching 26th May – 3rd June 2020. This one overlaps with the first few days of this years 30 Days Wild event. Organised by The Wildlife Trusts, this initiative is aimed at getting people connected with nature by whatever means they can invent, imagine or create. Nothing…
Dragonfly Identification Pt 2
Welcome to Dragonfly Identification Pt 2. In this article we will look at the key identification points for six of the smaller dragonfly species, the chasers, darters and skimmers. As with Pt 1 of this ID guide I’m going to concentrate on those species that are likely to be commonly encountered and reside in Norfolk….