Outdoor Daily II
The ripples on the surface of my wildlife pond are created by small silver water beetles crazily whirling around in large groups. They never seem to stop, just keep going.
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Outdoor Daily II
A day of drizzle and grey skies. And yet, there is life and beauty in the damp forest. A massive fallen tree, ‘dead wood’ for years. Subtle colours, interesting texture and full of life of […]
Outdoor Daily II
Kit Hill is a small outcrop of granite between Bodmin Moor and Dartmoor and wonderfully atmospheric in the mist. Small but perfectly formed, it provides a variety of habitats, including heath and stands of scrubby […]
Outdoor Daily II
A new dawn (perhaps in more than just the literal sense). I begin the second nation-wide COVID-19 lockdown with an early morning paddle on the Tamar estuary. It’s beautiful. Thick mist is drifting down the […]
Pheasant Shoot and SUVs
I’m just returning from the dentist minding my own business and am stopped by a column of 16 SUVs (you know the type: Range Rovers and Japanese models with names, such as animal, terminator, dominator […]
Rewilding Britain
You could be forgiven to think that rewilding is all about providing habitat and reintroducing species long lost… Sometimes nature conservation and rewilding can be about removing something. Think about the ‘classics’ of ill-fated, intentional […]
Sights of Hebrides and Skye – Darwin200
The beauty of the Western Isles is captured here: https://darwin200.com/sights-of-hebrides-and-skye/
Young scientists observe collection of starfish. – Darwin200
Watch “D200 Ep 21: Scottish Marine Life (underwater world of sea lochs, wave-lashed islands and narrows)” on YouTube
Video and Featured Image: Dr Rohan Holt
Darwin200 UK day 27: gannets rule!
Today was special, even more so than other days during the Darwin 200 voyage on the Tall Ship Pelican of London. We visited Bass Rock! With 75000 pairs of breeding gannets, plus young birds and […]
