Winter visitor or just passing through?

A bright sunny morning and a walk around the Tarn. There were good numbers of Mallard, Coot, Moorhen and Greylag…

Colours of Autumn

Finally the colours of Autumn are appearing in the Garden

Met Keith in Gravesend and we went for a walk along the riverfront up through the fort and the the…

I was surprised to read at the weekend that October is Squirrel Awareness Month. We have two types of squirrel…

It does feel it has been a particularly good year for Dragonflies. the number of species I recorded in the…

The autumn is the best time to see some of the wonderful array of Fungi that we have in this…

The Ivy Bee was first recorded in England in 2001 and has now spread across much of Southern England and…

Having just got over a bout of Norovirus and then COVID (I don’t believe in doing things in half measure!)…

The results coming in from various conservation bodies show it has been a very disappointing year for Butterflies. Even some…

Sometimes the names of creatures make you stop and wonder how they got them. But no problem with this beetle,…