As a commentator on wildlife tourism in Britain, this was an exciting event I couldn’t miss. It was a combined meeting between Bournemouth University and Dorset Wildlife Trust and was organised by Arjan Gosal: its purpose was to debate the concept of ‘rewilding’; a term mostly associated with environmental campaigner George Monbiot and his book …
It has been a long day at work in front of my computer so I am glad to be wandering across the fields to my favourite pub, the White Horse, in the next village. There is not much to see apart from a mistle thrush singing its evening song and the swifts that glide above the …
I am on my bike cycling to Duncliffe woods, the sky is a changeable hue of black and blue and I am bracing myself for a downpour. It is early Saturday morning and I am hoping to get there before the crowds who come to savour the bluebell display at its best. Duncliffe Woods is …
The sun is out, the wind has dropped and despite the frost the lovely cool air calls me outside. There is something about the light today which has changed. I get togged up, grab my camera and throw my binoculars over my shoulder, excited by what I might see today. But a huge disappointment crept over …
Although I find it difficult to assign any favourite species, swifts are certainly my most favourite bird, and each year I mark their arrival and then their departure. It is the 29th April and I have seen my first swift of 2016. Looking back at my records this is the earliest I have ever seen …
It is the beginning of March and I am taking my usual walk up on top of the Cranborne Chase, a high area of rolling chalk grassland which marks the border between Dorset and West Wiltshire where each year it is possible to see up to a dozen or so hares. I have left it …
Rewilding journeys 