Outdoor Daily III
A low pressure system to the west brings very wet, mild air from the south. I’m getting excited! Amphibians are on the move under the cover of darkness and every day, I check signs of their presence in… Read More
Outdoor Daily III
Today, I walked past the field in the Tamar valley – a route I have taken many times. Today a sight deeply disturbed me: a stand of mature trees in the middle of the field had been reduced… Read More
Outdoor Daily III
I’m fascinated by lichens, so many shapes and colours, hanging on to so many substrates, present in most climate zones and habitats. Most amazingly (today, for me), they are living the perfect team: different talents efficiently utilised for… Read More
Outdoor Daily II
Autumn brings into sharper focus that nature wastes nothing and the laws of thermodynamics. A fallen tree: Surface for epiphytesSubstrate for fungiFood for bacteriaHabitat for invertebrates Matter and energy. Life cycles. Upcycling. Recycling. Reuse. Circular economy. Nothing new… Read More
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 a different kind…. Read More
Outdoor Daily
Curiosity got me an encounter with Thekla. Beautiful. Since ‘Thekla‘ was a spider’s name in a kid’s story from my childhood, all spiders have this name for me…. I guess this one is of the species Amaurobius ferox,… Read More
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