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Hummingbird hawk-moth © Derek Moore

Hawks and hummingbirds

A vibrant blast of violet shouts out alongside a whitewashed wall, the strong evening sunshine highlighting the colour contrast, picking out the shadows as another day drifts to a restful dusk.…

Common pipistrelle © Tom Marshall

Creatures of the night...

A knock on the door and a request for help yesterday led to an unexpected close encounter with an often seen aerial acrobat

Tansy Beetle

Small but mighty

Insects are the basic building blocks for life on earth. They are found at the bottom of almost every food chain, working away in our compost heaps or in the soil, pollinating our flowers and…

Grass snake © David Chamberlain

Snake in the grass

As flaming June arrives, the heat disperses. Over the last few weeks the warmth has been an early season welcome for our reptiles.

House sparrow ♂ © Amy Lewis

Spadgers and spuggies

Every morning the sound of chirping melts across the front garden as the birds wake up and search for an early feast to start the day off.

Hawthorn © Chris Gomersall/2020VISION

N'er cast a clout till May is out

Mid May and as the saying goes, “n'er cast a clout till May is out”. The proverb basically reminds us of our fickle British weather and its ability to bathe us in warmth one day and bring…

Water vole © Tom Marshall

Close encounters of the vole kind

As the days draw out and nights get shorter, with the sun higher in the sky, my thoughts turn back to this time last year: a lazy moment sat on a grassy bank overlooking the crystal clear waters…

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