If you are out on the Commons or some places with dry soil you might see a Green tiger beetle , Cicindela campestris. They can run at...

A few days ago I managed to get to the river at first daylight and managed to see the otter having its breakfast. It was fully aware I...

Was going to post it 2 days ago on International Beaver day but then my internet is not very reliable at the moment.... It is April 2021...

End of March, it is still dark when Mrs Bob and her family are coming out. While Mrs Bob continues with her daily routine of feeding and...

Its the time of the year when amphibians are on the move again to find some water to spawn in. Found this big Common toad, Bufo bufo, and...

On a recent trip to Dartmoor I was watching a Coal tit when a Common crossbill , Loxia curvirostra, came landing on the same tree, just a...

During winter we get a lot of birds visiting the UK , especially waders and sea birds, so this is a great opportunity to see some of...

Yesterday evening I was so lucky to see Gordon Buchanan doing his '30 Years In The Wild' Tour. One of the best wildlife filmers and...

A new episode of Mrs Bob and her beaver family is up on YouTube: It is the beginning of March 2021 and the nights are still too long to...

With the help of some other local wildlife photographers I managed to find my first Bramblings , Fringilla montifringilla, among a flock...

Last year, about the same time. It is January, freezing cold and dark, but Mrs Bob and her beaver family don't mind. The dark evenings...

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas time! As promised here comes the very special edition of Mrs Bob and her family. It's not too often...

The last days of 2020 , what better way than to spend it with the beavers. An otter swam past the lodge before the beavers came out and...

Our biggest species of wasp in the UK is the European hornet , Vespa crabro. They are not extremely aggressive without any reason and...

This is one of my favourite bees, the Green-eyed Flower Bee , Anthophora bimaculata. Their buzzing sounds like the buzzing of a mosquito!...

It kind of looks like a beetle, but it's not. It's called a Velvet ant, Mutilla europaea, but it is not an ant. It actually is a species...

November 2020, it is cold , but the beavers are out as usually. The yearlings still haven't got the difference between lodge and larder...

Over the summer I found some wood ant colonies, possibly Southern wood ants , Formica rufa , on the commons. It is amazing watching those...

Hello wildlife lovers! My 2022 calendars are now available, either in A4 for £12 or A3 for £17 incl postage. For other prints and...

Mushrooms, fungi, toadstools - call them however you want, they are fascinating organisms. They come in all kind of different shapes and...