Every time I see this incredible shots of wildlife - like the photos of John Wilson or Christian Moss -, I’m impressed. I haven’t their combination of being in…
I had the opportunity to observe the wilder side of nature this morning. Some days ago I noticed this garden spider had spun a web above our lavender bushes. At…
A familiar sight with its pointed wings and long tail, hovering beside a roadside verge. Numbers of kestrels declined in the 1970s, probably as a result of…
Golden Eagle a poem by Eleanor (12 years) Silently swooping Suddenly looping Spotted a partridge Crouched on the ground. Fixes her eyesight Glint in the sun…
A tawny eagle taking off. This will be the last birdy post for a while. But the Bird of Prey Centre [icbp.org] is certainly somewhere I will be revisiting and I…
they are fast. they are furious. they are fearsome. they are hiding in the dark, even though they glow red when a hunter learns how to spot them with bluesalt.…
During my free time this afternoon I took another stroll around the walled garden here at West Dean, this time in search of Hortus, the resident cat. I found…