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My daughters laugh at me. Openly. I've checked my flies and they're closed; there's no spinach stuck between my teeth and no one drew a moustache on me whilst I dozed in my chair. So, I was forced to ask, 'what's so funny?' It's when I start to talk about nature and...

My day started with a real bang the other morning, when my bike tyre exploded. Everyone stared, wondering if it had been a gunshot. Forced to find another way in to work, I took full advatage of being on the bus and tube with commuters to eavesdrop ... and the conversation was not typical for a grey...

The Nature of Scotland Awards returns for a second year to celebrate excellence, innovation and outstanding achievement in Scottish nature conservation. This year, the awards also include, for the first time, a category recognising the important work that schools or youth groups undertake to nurture...

Are you ready to take part in the UK’s largest tree celebration? National Tree Week begins this Saturday, 24th November, and runs until 2nd December, giving you plenty of time to get involved in many of the organised activities running all over the UK, or to have fun taking part in your own tree...

I’m Katie, and I am on work experience for a week with the RSPB. I have chosen to do work experience here because it was a different opportunity, an unusual job and I get to learn about the different jobs that are involved in the charity. On my first day of work experience we visited Lake Vyrnwy...

I was contacted by the Daily Mail this week about some photos they'd got of a fox looking for an easy meal at Barnes. Nothing unusual in that; it's what foxes do. It was what happened next that was fun. All the ducks, geese , coots and cormorants ganged-up in a rare moment of solidarity, effectively...

After launching in spectacular style this summer, the Edinburgh Phoenix group’s first project was to take part in reviving a walled garden at Hermitage of Braid, a local nature reserve in their area. The young people plan to create a raised bed for native Scottish wildlife, designed in particular...

If you're going out with mates this evening and everyone's having a great time, stop it dead by saying the following out loud: "Today marks the fifth anniversary of laws preventing people from paving over front gardens without planning permission". Life and soul of the party you...

It was a beautiful morning in the city of Sondon but the Fat Controller was not happy. "My really useful engine is in the wrong place and its all the fault of those nasty conservationists." He harumphed, stamped his foot and clenched his fists. The previous day, Thomas, a cheeky, fussy little...

Taken in my garden in Prestwood, Buckinghamshire on 24 March - the first real sign of Spring 2012

Couldn't believe the colours of this September sunset in which made the local news.

A dragonfly settles on a grass by a riverbank

Macro close-up of a daffodil

A calm evening as the moon sinks down to the Cuillin Mountain ridge, Ord, Isle of Skye.

Wild flowers growing at the edge of a corn field in North Uist where no chemicals have been used to destroy Nature's beautiful border.

Photograph taken at Strumpshaw Fen, Norwich, Norfolk, on 07-02-2012. I spotted this female Kestrel perched at the top of a tall bush / tree, so I decided to try to approach her. After very carefully stalking her for two hundred yards while she kept her eye on me, I was finally close enough for...

Taken at Bempton Cliffs, RSPB Reserve in May 2008.

Taken at Minsmere RSPB reserve in Sept 2010.