Each morning as I walk towards my garden shed, I am greeted by the energetic buzzing of my tree bees which, for the second year running, have chosen one of my bird boxes as a venue for their colony. I first became aware of them when I heard what sounded like an engine coming from …
The first time I ever went fossil hunting on the Jurassic Coast of Dorset was with my Dad and my two little boys. It was a cold winter’s day after a week of storms that had churned over the beach and toppled the cliffs. We came with little expectation of finding any relics but were …
It was the flight I noticed first and the iridescent bright green that caught the sunlight as she maneuvered between the oak leaves and the buckthorn in search of nectar. Although Green hairstreaks are widespread, they are not particularly common and seeing them is always noteworthy. This remarkable butterfly can be found in shrubby places …
In the unusual heat of this sunny springtime, my pond is still apart from the tiny white moths that hover over its surface. But for the last few days, unbeknown to me, dragonfly nymphs have been hanging around near the margins as they practice breathing air in preparation for their transformation into dragonflies; a transformation …
Rewilding journeys 