Like many people, winter is not my preferred time of the year but there is something very beautiful about a British winter, not least the arrival of the winter waders, the over-wintering raptors and evenings spent by a log fire. Although sunlight is at a premium, there is a very special, pure quality and intensity …
It was the week between Christmas and New Year and I knew that the starling murmurations on the Somerset Levels were in full glory. I have been a regular visitor of this winter event for over ten years and each time is a surprise. Increasingly large numbers of people come to await the dusk and …
Today I left the claustrophobic trappings of Christmas behind and ventured out to Arne, near Wareham; one of my favourite RSPB reserves. I had heard that there was a temporary raptor hide on Coombe Heath and as I have always loved watching the winter Harriers, Peregrines and Merlins, I fill up my flask and …
Rewilding journeys 