“I hope I can be the autumn leaf, who looked at the sky and lived. And when it was time to leave, gracefully it knew life was a gift.” — Dodinsky There’s a hush to the air now. Wildlife gardening in September brings a stillness. The mornings arrive with a
Wildlife photography often brings to mind big cameras, expensive lenses and hours of trekking through forests. But here’s the good news: you don’t need professional gear to start capturing the beauty of nature. With today’s mobile phones, you can photograph birds, insects, mammals and plants with surprising quality. Whether you’re
There’s a different kind of quiet in the garden now. Not the heavy stillness of high summer, but something gentler. The kind of hush that comes when the light begins to soften and the bees, once frantic in their buzzing, move more slowly between flowers. It feels like nature is
Nourish Flourish UK is a start-up with something to crow about, much like Robert Greene calling Shakespeare ‘an upstart crow’ back in the day… Shakespeare and his crows Have you ever noticed that the Bard’s work included a lot of corvids? So much so that virtually forgotten writer, artist, naturalist,
Discover eco-friendly wildlife gardening tips to protect your plants, help local wildlife, and keep your garden thriving during a heatwave. Plus, an easy herb flatbread recipe to make with your garden harvest.
If you don’t hear from me again, it might just be that I finally got lost in the woods for good… this is also my excuse for this blog being out of season; it took me that long to get home, ha ha! After having a lovely time catching up
No, I’ve not gone rogue and deviated from my usual subject of nature 😂. By hovercraft, I mean the craft of helping hoverflies… With over 280 species of hoverflies recorded in the UK, I can’t pretend that I am able to identify all of them! Only about 40 are observed
Did you know that there are over 1,200 breeds of domestic sheep?! And not only that, but they’re also emotionally complex, which leads to an incredible range of ewe-nique characters 😉. They’re intelligent animals with social structures, and even know how to self-medicate through recognising different types of vegetation! I’ve
When I talk about being kind to pollinators, I don’t just mean bees. They do do the lion’s share of the work in terms of pollination, however there are many other agents that are often overlooked. In the UK, hoverflies are the next most prolific pollinators, closely followed by butterflies,
