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grey heron in cassiobury park in watford a bird ive had plenty of experiance with and still am always experiancing different behavoirs theres plenty of charecter with these guys for sure i would love more experiance with some of its more elusive cousins though

In the classic children's book The Wind in the Willows, Mole, Ratty and Mr Toad like nothing more than spending a leisurely summer's day messing about on the river. So this Bank Holiday weekend, rather than fighting for a place to lay your towel on the beach, why not take a leaf out of their...

Is there anyone out there who might be interested in testing their public communication skills? We are looking for a specialist or someone knowledgeable in river wildlife and ecology to accompany us this summer on 4 sunset cruises on the River Thames in the West London area. Anyone who might...

Grey heron at Blackweir, River Taff, Bute Park, Cardiff

The "Cod Beck" river in Thirsk, North Yorkshire.

A warm day yesterday brought a lof dragonflies and damselflies out - there were broad-bodied chasers zooming about the pond in front of the visitor centre and there were plenty damselflies along the public footpath on the edge of the north brooks. I found this beautiful demoiselle where the footpath...

This is Manfield Scar, Low Coniscliffe, River Tees. My favourite place to sit and enjoy nature :)

Mr Toad loved messing about on the river in Kenneth Grahame’s classic ‘The Wind in the Willows’ and I would love to have joined him and his friends. You see, I’ve grown up in a watery landscape, so I absolutely adore rivers. I’ve travelled along rivers on five continents...

Like so many other people, my interest in birds stems from watching them in my village garden when I was a kid. I spent hours and hours glued to the window, seeing what was coming and going. I hung feeders on the washing line, much to my mum's annoyance. Blue tits , blackbirds , robins , house...

It was a lovely sunny spring day and we came across a heron fishing. It was so calm and still.....

A dipper is a regular sight on the banks of the River Leven. This morning I watched it fly into its dark corner but as I walked away I heard it calling loudly. As I crept back I was amazed to see it was singing to another. Love is in the air!

Alien calls drift to us from upstream. ‘There!’ I whisper, nodding. For the first time my wife sees two avian turquoise gems, kingfishers flying down the silky smooth river below us. They stop on the twig of a stunted bush where the river meets Cardigan Bay. In awe, this rare moment is totally ours...

You've all seen the Italian job? Well, sitting watching the spot where the minis splashed through the River Po in Turin, this little speedster caught my eye. It sat still for longer than them though, and certainly gave me a bigger smile!