Sunday book review – The Long Spring by Laurence Rose

  I enjoyed this book a lot. It is written by a former RSPB colleague of mine and his knowledge of birds and nature conservation are clearly demonstrated in this book.  But he can write too! The long spring starts in Spanish Ceuta on the north African coast at the beginning of February, and ends…

Tim Melling – Leopard Cat

This wild Leopard Cat (Prionailurus bengalensis chinensis) was photographed at night by torchlight, but with no flash.  I spotted him in a roadside tree as we were driving past at Labahe in China.  I managed to shine a flashlight on him long enough to capture a photograph.  About the size of a domestic cat but…

Nothing much to see here

My main source of income these days comes from writing – I am a writer.  One of the things about writing is that there is often a long tail to your income. It’s a long thin tail rather than a long fat tail (in my case, anyway!) but it is a long tail. I am…