Fifty ways to make things better and increase biodiversity
In recent days there have been fresh reports in the media relevant to the UK reinforcing earlier messages about lost biodiversity...
Connecting the small places
If you aren’t already aware of a Private Members Bill going through Parliament which concerns protection of pollinators then I have...
Some thoughts about nectar
This Blog Post is based upon a piece written recently for an audience of beekeepers. As a beekeeper, thoughts about nectar are always...
Valuing Nature
This piece was prompted by a short course that I have just completed[i]. I have included some material from the course in this piece. I...
If
If we thought about the natural world in terms of smaller personal spaces perhaps our attitudes would be very different. It has become a...
But what if there are no pollinators around?
This photograph isn’t my greatest piece of camera work – sorry. I hope it is recognisable to those who know this wild flower and...
Bishy-barney-bee
Funny the way a chance sighting sets you thinking. What follows this time is a piece that I wrote recently for the Beekeepers'...
A bit missing
My photos that follow kindly put an opportunity my way. This poorly looking old Malus shows that missing bits can add to a story. It sits...
Lichens and Jew's Ears
Do you remember the Observer's Books? I have a few that I bought in the 1960s. They helped me to become more observant - that was their...
Working in the wood - the wood workers
The Park has its own trees but is adjacent to sixteen acres of woodland. The woodland is not commercially managed and is partly cleared...
