Bright eyes
Keeping your eyes and ears open, using all your senses, is what all people with an interest in wildlife do all the time. Making observations,… Read More »Bright eyes
Natural History
Alarming drones
Out in the garden, examing the moth trap (that didn’t take long – we’re catching little or nothing this year) when we heard the screaming… Read More »Alarming drones
A touch of summer…
…in frosty February. The opening of ‘Chasing Butterflies’ – a retrospective of John Vetterlein’s 13-year obsession with photographing butterflies – was absolutely heaving at the… Read More »A touch of summer…
End of year party…
The common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) is a pretty gregarious animal. And even more sio when it comes to the huge flocks that appear from Novemeber… Read More »End of year party…
Operation Wallacea
One of our members, Josh Phangurha, recently gave an illustrated talk to the Society on the Reptiles of Buton, Sulawesi. But behind the research is… Read More »Operation Wallacea
Any Eggsplanations for this?
At a recent meeting Cath brought out an egg (or was it?) for our inspection. It was sort of egg-shaped, although a little more symmetrical… Read More »Any Eggsplanations for this?
Remember to submit your moth records
Jan and I been trapping moths on and off for a year or three now. And for those of you who don’t know, we have… Read More »Remember to submit your moth records
A Walk on the Wildside
Many of you will be members of, or at least know of, Plantlife. They say “Wild flowers , plants and fungi are the life support… Read More »A Walk on the Wildside
Hedgehogs – A Prickly Pair
Some more video diaries (hedgehogs this time) from Cath Corney’s garden in Woolston. She asks what these hedgehogs might be doing…. And it looks like… Read More »Hedgehogs – A Prickly Pair