The Moor is looking decidedly lacklustre this August.
Where has all the heather gone?
proto-sidelines
Stuff I wrote before I conceived of my ‘Sidelines’ section, but, in retrospect, should rightly be filed there.
The Rough Patch
On the advantages of being a crap gardener.
Going camera-less
Taking walks without lugging around a massive camera bag: it’ll never catch on!
High tides and volant voles
An unplanned visit to the flooded Dee Marshes is rewarded with a wildlife spectacle.
What I did on my holidays
An Anglesey timelapse video.
Spoonbill identification: harder than you might think
Struggling to identify a species is the best way to learn.
Wren visit
In which I find myself face-to-beak with Troglodites troglodites.
Turtles of the air
What links sea-turtles, swifts, and railway viaducts? Plus some handy ornithological photo tips.
A monument to lethargy
Sloth is a much-maligned sin, as our driveway demonstrates.
A British wildlife spectacle
Every spring, something happens in Britain that ranks alongside any wildlife spectacle you might see on telly.