Recently our little valley has been like a sanctuary filled with deer and pheasants. At night we hear stags roaring and during the day the call of pheasants. And sometimes they graze next to each other. I record the wildlife and nature in the valley around our house on Instagram – do join me.
No matter what season you can expect quite a bird experience at the RSPB Dungeness nature reserve in Kent, south east England. The nearly 1000 hectares of nature reserve with lakes and marshes is part of the otherworldly shingle landscape of Dungeness on the edge of the English channel. It’s a place where you can
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I’ve noticed the passing seasons by what I gather and cut outdoors to bring inside. It’s only early September but I can see, smell, hear, feel and taste the change. Despite a lingering sadness in me that I have to say goodbye to summer and the swallows who sang to me every morning outside my
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A couple of days ago I looked out of my kitchen window and saw the rain bird. Since then we’ve had two days of rainstorms. The green woodpecker with its bright plumage strolled on our lawn occasionally pausing to stare at bunches of blackberries hanging over the fence. It was in no hurry as if
Every day I wake up to the sound of swallows twittering away outside my window – all perched on a line. This weekend I watched as mama swallow – I presume it was the mother – took turns feeding her fledglings on a wire just outside our kitchen window. I soon knew when this parent was about to swoop in as
I can’t quite believe it’s approaching mid-August and I’m hearing and reading the term late summer. And, of course, here in England one day it’s raining and the next sunshine or a mixture of both. Apparently George II in the 1730s described the British summer as “three fine days and a thunderstorm.” The same cliche can
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