The Naturalist’s Bedtime Book
This book was a present from my mother, who used to read me stories by BB (or Denys Pitchford-Watkins) when I was a child. His series of books based around …
Hoveton Great Broad – 19/08/16
It’s now been several weeks since I wrote my last report, and things have changed with a rapidity I hadn’t expected. I was away from the trail for the best …
Thoughts on Writing
Despite loving it, and wanting to do more of it, I don’t find writing a particularly easy task. The thoughts contained in my head which seem to flow freely and …
Hoveton Great Broad – 24/07/16
This week has been hot. The kind of sapping heat where clothes stick to skin and beads of sweat appear unbidden on sunburnt brows. This has led to many inevitable …
Pokémon Go Outdoors
Humans like to find things and collect them – it’s why they call us hunter gatherers. It’s in our nature to collect things, whether that’s berries and nuts to eat, …
Hoveton Great Broad – 15/07/16
The mixture of heavy rain and warm sunny days we’ve had this week seem to have done wonders for the plants. They’re growing at such a rate they need trimming …
Hoveton Great Broad – 06/07/16
July is here and with it comes the start of summer, seemingly. After a cold, wet, long spring we’ve had a good couple of days of warm sunshine and blue …
Book Review: The Snow Leopard
Despite the universe trying to remind me daily that my expectations are always further from the truth than I imagine, I can’t stop finding myself continually struck by how wrong …
Wildlife Encounter – Water Vole
t’s a perfect June day, bright sunshine but not too warm, a misty morning clearing to blue skies, the gentle breeze rustling through the fresh leaves on the trees that …
Hoveton Great Broad – 04/06/16
In the world of conservation there always seems to be issues of compromise. This takes many forms, either because of limited funding, lack of opportunity or willpower, or placing human …