Tane showed his true colours the other day: chasing off a poor dunnock who was trying to eat on the green box. The first time, he just...

That thing about oneness - humans may experience “oneness” in meditation or psychedelics and then assume that that very experience is...

"Embracing tree-time as a sacred ritual" - this is one of the AI suggestions today for a topic on my blog. It's somewhat unnerving. The...

It is immensely gratifying to see the little birds foraging from the feeders. And then there is also this sense of "what a good person I...

The useful day started with a song thrush singing lustily. I was at the reserve to volunteer. Tidying up where Scots pines had been...

Feeding the crows has been frustrating as the gulls end up with most of the food. The Driveways and the Unbraves get a decent amount, but...

All this happened before the pied wagtail showed up. I went out with the afternoon refill for the feeders, and a blue tit was alone on...

Another walk, another video. I have been visiting these trees for quite a while now and the way the ash leans into the oak has always...

A friend sent me this article about how birds breathe. She wrote, "breathing for birds is continuous flow, not there-and-back. What must...

Lately, I haven't seen much of the squirrels. One eats on the patio when I am inside, but instead of the constant coming and going,...

Erik Jampa Andersson sent out an interesting piece about this transition time between Winter and Spring. He talks of a time of...

Here's what I think: that nature people, conservationists, biologists, naturalists, however we term them, favour either beings or...

I went to see the King Oak and ended up visiting the Queen Ash, finding two other ancient oaks and two badger setts! King Oak, AKA...

The Young Vic was my destination. The play starred Anne Marie Duff , who was excellent. Though the first review I looked at (just now)...

Do you remember Willis, in The Cosby Show? He used to ask some question with a frown? I think this tit has the same expression. I was...

The ancient beech outside the ruined church needed a visit, so I set off with my camera. This tree has a uniquely beechy form... by which...

So, the Woodland Trust are felling five of the oak trees on the reserve who have Acute Oak Decline. They believe that the three bacteria...

This is actually two separate walks. The first was, as you might be able to tell, the same day as I made the video of the swan. The...

I had expected stormy horribleness, but though it was windy, the sky was blue and I ventured out with the camera. Two videos today... and...

OK, strictly speaking, blue tits are seen. As are long-tailed tits. And Tane, even when he's kind of hiding. Or flying away. But, here we...