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GCSE for Natural History

GCSE for Natural History

Speaking at my first literary event, Well Read at Wasing, about my book, One Day a Thousand Songs, I…

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Managing Landscapes and Wildlife

Managing Landscapes and Wildlife

I recently attended a film showing, followed with a panel Q&A by the journalist Sarah Roberts, ‘…

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A disappearing message

A disappearing message

Jim Murray: Artist, River Man, Actor, and Founder of the podcast @thelastsalmon – the inspiration be…

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Why do we need to keep our dogs on a lead?

Why do we need to keep our dogs on a lead?

Lots of us have a dog that we love to bits, we get a great deal of pleasure from these canines that …

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Hedgerows, thickets and warblers.

Hedgerows, thickets and warblers.

From a farming perspective hedgerows are far more important than just boundary markers. They protect…

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A Walk on the Moor in Spring

A Walk on the Moor in Spring

Life on British moorland ebbs and flows like the tides, and spring sees the welcome return of many s…

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Project White Hart – Saving the salmon

Project White Hart – Saving the salmon

There are around seven fish in English freshwaters currently classed as IUCN “threatened” — a global…

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Who’s Egg is That??

Who’s Egg is That??

Each spring, the British countryside becomes a nursery for some of our most vulnerable bird species.…

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Why hill sheep belong on the hills, and matter more than ever.

Why hill sheep belong on the hills, and matter more than ever.

Driving through the uplands you will more than likely encounter the hill sheep, a hard-faced ewe bui…

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Garden Bird Nesting

Garden Bird Nesting

We all carry within us a quiet map of place, our identity, shaped and drawn in childhood. For some, …

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Being in and enjoying nature

Being in and enjoying nature

You may think winter is a quiet time of year but there is lots going on, animals are hungry so are f…

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Close encounters with Goshawks

Close encounters with Goshawks

In the UK the Goshawk, Accipiter gentilis was almost driven to extinction by the mid-nineteenth cent…

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