Congratulations to Ben Macdonald for winning the Richard Jefferies Society Literary Prize – see here for my review of Rebirding. Congratulations to the Langholm Community initiative who have passed the £1,000,000 mark – see here for their recent guest blog here. Congratulations to a Hen Harrier hatched in 2015 and whose birthday it is today…
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The marvellous BBS – marvellous for mammals
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It’s nearly time for me to carry out the ‘late’ bird survey on my other BBS square. I wonder what I’ll find. I’m one of the BBS recorders who notes mammals as well as birds on my transect walks. I don’t see much, but the occasional Brown Hare or Rabbit is added to the recording…
Guest blog – Pheasant or Pheasant’s-eye? by Miles King
Pheasant or Pheasant’s-eye? Nature Connection and Conservation What’s important about nature? I’m not talking about however many tonnes of Carbon a Sitka spruce tree locks up during its short life, or whether a Beaver stops a town flooding. I mean what is important to you, as a person. Why do you care about nature? A…
Paul Leyland – Eyed Hawk-moth
Social Distancing Week 13. Eyed Hawk-moth. Paul writes: I found this dramatic looking creature last week in my garden moth trap. It’s the first Eyed Hawk-moth I’ve seen, so I was really excited. I was immediately impressed by the size, the wing length is around 40mm. When resting normally it’s fairly drab looking and only…
Sunday book review – Rock Pool by Heather Buttivant
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Here in east Northants we are a bit lacking in coastal habitats and my nearest coast is muddy and sandy rather than rocky. If I lived at the coast I would love to explore the wildlife making its living, or temporarily made captive in the pools between the tidelines. As the author explains here so…