Orange Tip Butterfly

The Orange Tip is the first emerging butterfly of Spring – most other butterflies seen early in spring have hibernated over…

Sedge Warbler

The Sedge Warbler is a small warbler which inhabits reedbeds. It is a summer visitor to the UK, wintering in…

Reed Bunting

The Reed Bunting is a sparrow-sized bird of farmland and Wetland. It is a resident in the Uk and it…

Tunnel Archaeology

  I recently visited an exhibition on the ‘Archaeology of Crossrail’. Crossrail is the building of a new railway line…