Young sika deer (Cervus nippon) at RSPB Arne, Dorset

They Sika Here, They Sika There - My 40th at Arne

You don’t reach 40 years on planet earth everyday. So having completed 4 decades just about intact and with two offspring who will no-doubt be running circles around me very soon, I decided to take a leaf out of my dear sister’s book and stretch the celebrations out over several months! Read more

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Pied Flycatcher, Burley in Wharfedale

Most Epic Moorside Morning Yet...

Job cancellations come with the territory when you're a freelancer; and since that eruption of  coronavirus, work postponements and cancellations have become nearly as frequent (and inconvenient) as my ageing bladder! But not all cancellations are born equal. Read more

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Pair of Curlew on development site

Shadow Over Sun Lane

Roe Deer young family, Sun Lane
“What will the generation after you blame you for then, I wonder?!” My Dad fires out across the dinner table, in an attempt to turn defence into offence during  an almost customary battle of words. Read more

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Colossus Hummingbird (Gigas Numenius) Spotted Over Sun Lane Development Plot

Colossus Hummingbird (Gigas Numenius) Spotted Over Sun Lane Development Plot

On the 1st of April 2022 reports of a fictus avian named the Colussus Humming Bird (Gigas Numenius) caused twitchers from across the UK to descend en masse to Burley in Wharfedale, West Yorkshire. Read more

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Swan swimming in the sunrise at St Aidan's

A Spring Morning over St Aidan's

St Aidan's near Leeds is a wildlife haven born out disused opencast coal mine. It's incredible, and inspiring  to think how an environment so scared by human activity no offers refuge to such a diverse and eclectic range of wildlife.Read more

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The Sinner & Gene Therapy (Lunenburg, Nova Scotia)

My parents will enthusiastically tell anyone who listens, how from an early age I blamed all my faults on my genes and used genetics as absolution from any of my wrongs. Smart kid right?! What happened?! :D Read more

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Little Egret shaking it's head and feathers raised

Taking it One Step and One Sniff at a Time

It was one of those walks where Alfie (our lurcher) had to stop and take a long sniff every couple of metres!Read more

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Alfie Grey Lurcher dog on Saltburn Beach Yorkshire

Happy New Year Alfie!

Another year blessed with our wonderful lurcher Alfie! Read more

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House Sparrow in flight

“Winning” in Southall with Sparrows

As a daydreaming, continually grazed-kneed five-six-seven-year-old, visits to my grandparents in Southall were often met with mixed emotions.  Read more

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Alder Leaf Beetle, Agelastica alni photographed at Burley in Wharfedale West Yorkshire

The Un-Extinct Alder Leaf Beetle From the Doorstep

Can you keep a secret? I've succumbed a new camera! ?  More on that another time, but of course the first thing anyone wants to do when they get anything new, is to test it out, and I'm no different!Read more

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