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A flash of blue
On December 13th I turned 36 years old and I began to write this from a wildlife hide in the Heart of Worcestershire. The light was low and there is a chill in the air that only a 3 degree British Winter can promise. My fingers were frozen but I have never felt so engaged…
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Scottish Summer
I just apologise for the gap in time between my previous blog post and now. It seems this has been sitting in drafts for some time! I hope you can forgive me as I reminisce on the latter part of my trip to Mull… It is a truth universally acknowledged that you do not go…
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Otterly Amazing
The Isle of Mull is somewhere that I had always longed to visit due to its rich variety of wildlife and breathtaking landscape. Phil was also extremely keen to visit this lovely place so we chose this as our Summer holiday destination for 2024. Our trip was organised by Not Just Travel. I highly recommend…
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A Hares Breadth
It was a sunny morning when I first caught sight of a Hare a long way away on the boundary of a private field. They were so far away from me in fact that I wasn’t actually certain that they were hares. I was torn between the blissful optimism of a positive Hare ID and…
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Friends in muddy places
Have you ever been for a walk and felt that you were being watched? I can honestly say that I seldom have felt this aside from the time that I was casually stalked by a curious fox, but I shall save that story for another day. I feel quite blessed honestly when I have encounters…
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A frosty start
Last night I realised that I had not been outside for a morning walk in weeks. Firstly, I had COVID and it was pretty bad and then after recovering (eventually) from that I had an endometriosis flare up and wasn’t able to walk. It was not a good introduction to the colder weather which I…
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Hedge your bets
The existence of hedgerows is as a direct result of destruction of woodland, at least that was how it began. Over time we have changed something destructive into something quite beautiful. In this blog post, I shall explain. Bronze Age farmers didn’t have angry signs or elaborate fencing back then, so quite often when woodland…
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Flower Power
Today’s walk was a little chilly and a lot of the local fauna had made the wise decision to stay safely inside. Birds were far fewer in numbers than usual and were no doubt hunkering down in their nests or high up in the branches waiting for the welcome reprieve of the late morning sun…
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Hiding in plain sight
Any walk is a good walk for me. It really doesn’t matter if its pouring with rain or the sun is blazing in the heat of the day. Any time that I am out in nature is enjoyable. In terms of photography however, finding wildlife and then capturing images of that wildlife are two completely…
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New beginnings
This weekend the Country celebrated a new era with the Coronation of King Charles III. The locals brought out the local supermarkets so the baked good sections were sparse and settled down for five hours to watch our new King receive his crown. Sitting down for the majority of the day was a welcome break…
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