Fishing and Birds
As a kid I was brought up with a river and a beck to fish as part of the small estate me dad worked on as gardener. The river would often...
Save our Forests and save our Goshawks!
It was 30th January 2011 when I attended the rally for ‘saving our forests’ meaning the land that the Forestry Commission manages for us....
Golf and Birds
Most people would look at this title and suspect that the only connection is that golfers use the terms birdie, eagle and albatross as...
Temple Garth - A Barn owl’s retreat!
This is a story of a building which dates back to at least the 12th century. The building at one time belonged to the Knights Templar but...
A Real Garden!
Edition A new book gives a new area covered by gardens in the UK. Suffolk has been dropped with Somerset taking over as its area is more...
The Ings of Yorkshire
The city of York may be well known for its history with its impressive minster, Roman walls, trains and Jorvic Viking centre but it is...
Kitty the Toon - Save Newcastle's Kittiwakes
It was by chance how I came to start writing these children books. I was walking down the Newcastle quayside in February 2011 with a...
Crossing The Other Border!
With snow on the fells and roads not so bad myself and Ewan decided to head east into Northumberland on Friday. The first prize was the...
Time to Worship the Beetles Again!
We hear so much about bees being lost to the world but what about the humble dung beetle! This beetle was sacred to the Ancient Egyptians...
Rewilding - Right Place, Wrong Species!
Had a great walk this week at Ennerdale. I think I have only 'touched' the valley before by going to see Bowness Knott, a crag by the...
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