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The virtues of a rainy day
So a few days ago, it was raining. Now I’m not sugarcoating a rainy day; it’s very wet, cold and the thing about photography in the rain is that more often than not you have to use your bare hands for the fiddly bits; meaning your hands go numb and your fingers freeze off. But […]
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Through the looking scope
Heaving waves lazily soak the smooth white skin of a mammoth whale, the boiling froth fluffy on the fringes of the oceans blood, like the frills on the edges of a handkerchief, responding to the sharp breeze as a horse responds to the reigns of a rider…I like to imagine that’s what would be glimpsed […]
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Greenpeace and Seal Hunting – Necessary evil? Or just another NGO corruption story?
A few weeks ago I was asked by fellow young naturalist and conservationist Liz Morley ( who I have mentioned in a previous post ) to write a guest post for her site ‘Planet on the Edge’ – https://planetontheedge.wordpress.com – I was asked to write a post that had a foot in the doorway of […]
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Patch report – Garden watch
Ooh that’s cold! I tell you, this birding business can be addictive! Over an hour spent, frozen (literally!) to the same spot in the frost spiked expanse of the back garden that makes up part of my local patch, with just a slight twist of the scope to signify my existence as a living organism…but […]
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Writing off 2015, a year of natural histories…
Yep, it’s that time. The end of 2015. I must say – this has been probably the most wildlife filled year that I have ever lived through; a colourful, beautiful mess of natural history! To name a few of the eventful things that happened to me this year: = I started this blog, Heart of […]
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A poem to look forward to…
Yes I know, on reflection this poem should probably be posted in Springtime, but this poem I wrote in winter time; to perhaps remind what we have got to look forward to…So read on, and please tell me what you think of it, because although it may not be particularly good, it’s a reminder to […]
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Winter – time of the dead? Not at all – time of the quiet more like!
Walking in short strides through the dense throng of bare, shivering trees. The whispery crunch of crystal coated leaves underfoot, my heavy boots pressing into the frosty, leaf littered ground and leaving a trail of shallow imprints in the cold, tough soil.Clenched hands pushed into the depths of my pockets, my rough fingers stretching to […]
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The Wildife Calming Effect
I’m going to start by apologising for the absence of any writing that I’ve done recently; but the transition from a normal life (well…fairly normal), to that of an A-level workaholic (I’d like to say that I am, but I think my mum would say otherwise) has meant that the cracks, perks and creases […]
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Why I admire The ‘Pull No Punches’ Naturalists
Rewilding, Raptor persecution, Driven grouse shooting – just a few of the frontline issues that affect today’s wildlife, and of course with every frontline you’ve got to have troops. But not just any troops; troops who stand their ground whatever the odds, who don’t cower in the face of a larger adversary, who are prepared […]
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Wild oceans and precious corals
The deep turquoise blue in the corner of the Pacific Ocean, whipping through the extremes of waves, both choppy and calm in nature – a slight tang of tuna with a pinch of salt would scratch the taste of this huge sector of the sea. The vast oceans of the world are beautiful, massive areas in […]
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