Our last month in Svalbard. There are several types of seals in the waters around Svalbard and the two that we saw were the Harbour seal and the Bearded seal. The Harbours seem to like… January 2019

Back to the ice! There are many types of terns in the world but the one we saw in Svalbard was, obviously, the Arctic tern. This bird spends its breeding season in the Arctic then… December 2018

Several of you wrote to me last winter to say that you enjoyed our safari so this winter I’m taking you away again but somewhere very different from Tanzania – the archipelago of Svalbard. It… November 2018

Autumn’s here and so are many fungi, some edible but some poisonous, so take advice from an expert before you fry up your foraging finds with the bacon. A lot of fungi associate with trees… October 2018

September is the start of the ‘Daddy-long-legs’ season when the adult Crane flies, of which there are many species, emerge from the damp ground where they have been spending the greater part of their lives… September 2018

Roe deer are in the middle of their rutting season at the beginning of this month but, as we’ve talked about before, there will be delayed implantation of the foetus which will happen in December… August 2018

Summer days and everywhere seems to be full of life. Flowers are buzzing with insects, birds may be rearing their second or third broods, animals are taking advantage of the lush grazing and, as the… July 2018

It’s a sure sign that summer is here when the swallows come back from their winter quarters in Southern Africa. Many return to the same place where they nested last year, or where they were… June 2018

The Weavers’ Way is famous in Norfolk and runs from Cromer on the north coast of the county to Great Yarmouth on the east coast. Because of the different habitats this track runs through –… May 2018

After the bad weather we had last month and all the inconveniences (winter seems to come as a complete surprise to Britain every year), nature has answered back with all the trees and hedges looking… April 2018