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Cor blimey missus, look at the antlers on that! Bushy Park in west London is where my partners Gran courted, and rumour has it, may well have conceived my Mother-in-law.. don't anyone tell her I mentioned it else Christmas dinner will be a frosty...

Here for your Friday delectation I’d like to introduce you to the amazing new garden at our amazing new nature reserve near Middlesborough. I’ve been able to visit it twice during its creation, but best if I hand over to Dave Braithwaite to...

Our male white-tailed eagle chick from Mull this year, Oran, has made a dramatic flight south. He had seemed settled and has spent the last few weeks just across the water from here on Loch Sunart; then he came home for a while but has now headed down...

The weather currently being so mild, there’s been lots of interest on the forums of late about what insects are on still the wing. While in a local garden at the weekend, I was intrigued to see anything from a dozen or so flies running around one...

My jays have been busy burying acorns in our garden. It's said that jays remember the location of evey nut they bury. They're smart, but not normally thought of as tame birds. If you wander through St James's Park of a morning you'll often...

Back where I come from in the Midlands, there’s a place on the Malvern Hills with the delightful name of Happy Valley where each autumn Ring Ouzels turn up on their migration. They’re heading south to the Atlas Mountains in northern Africa...

I’ve already revealed the first of the plants that I’m hoping to try next year, Echium 'Blue bedder'*, but promptd by John's photo in the last blog entry, I thought I’d now look back at one of the plants I grew for the first...

After a decade of campaigning we can finally celebrate. Today, 12th November 2009, the UK Marine and Coastal Access Bill receives Royal Assent and becomes law. The UK's marine wildlife above and below the waves surrounding England and Wales, and in...

Courtesy Wet, Wet, Wet and The Troggs - Love is All Around There is certainly a change in the air at Loch Frisa. Yesterday morning when I drove down, I was greeted by a pair of whooper swans. Swans are such graceful, beautiful birds - sadly they dont...

We humans are constantly bombarded with messages that Fat Is Bad. It's less lard, more olive oil these days. And rightly so, much of the time. Now that many of us live rather sedentary lives, sitting around in heated offices and houses, fat isn't...