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2022 calendars now available!
Hello wildlife lovers! My 2022 calendars are now available, either in A4 for £12 or A3 for £17 incl postage. For other prints and...
Sylvia Meller
Nov 17, 20211 min read


Autumn time is Mushroom time!
Mushrooms, fungi, toadstools - call them however you want, they are fascinating organisms. They come in all kind of different shapes and...
Sylvia Meller
Nov 11, 20211 min read


New beaver episode
Mrs Bob, the beaver mum, is still providing fresh twigs and branches for the kits to feed on, but they have become very independent and...
Sylvia Meller
Aug 22, 20211 min read


Spots are the new fashion
I found a lot of Six-spot Burnet moth , Zygaena filipendulae, mainly the adults, but also in its different development stages, as...
Sylvia Meller
Aug 18, 20211 min read


Mrs Bob and her family, Part 26
An early morning at the beaver lodge. The whole family is coming to eat the leaves and gnaw the bark off the branches which Mrs Bob, the...
Sylvia Meller
Aug 7, 20211 min read


Hungry dragons
Late summer / early autumn is the time for dragonflies and damselflies. The smaller damselflies and demoiselles are easily spotted flying...
Sylvia Meller
Jul 31, 20211 min read


Last August at the beavers
It is Mid of August 2020 and the days are already getting shorter which means the main beaver activities are taking place after the sun...
Sylvia Meller
Jul 26, 20211 min read


A day on the meadow
A nice, mostly sunny day on a local meadow and the surrounding commons. A big variety of colourful butterflies enjoyed the warm weather...
Sylvia Meller
Jul 12, 20211 min read


Tawny owlets
Over the last months I have been watching and filming some of our local Tawny owl chicks. They are so noisy!! Love how they are bobbing...
Sylvia Meller
Jul 10, 20211 min read


New video upload from the beaver family
Beginning of August 2020, East Devon. More from the beaver family around Mrs Bob, the beaver mum. This years kits, the yearlings and the...
Sylvia Meller
Jul 4, 20211 min read


New episode from Mrs Bob , the beaver mum. Part 23
End of July 2020 , the days are getting shorter already and the beaver kits are more or less independent , swimming quite some distance...
Sylvia Meller
Jun 26, 20211 min read


Forest of Dean weekend
A 3-day weekend and the weather forecast being sunny and hot, so I thought I will drive to the Forest of Dean for a change and check out...
Sylvia Meller
Jun 16, 20213 min read


New episode from Mrs Bob the Beaver mum
Mid of July 2020. The kits are growing fast and the whole family is busy feeding and grooming. While the youngsters are feeding on leaves...
Sylvia Meller
Jun 12, 20211 min read


Hairy hares
The Brown hares in the fields are proper characters. Some are quite inquisitive and come up really close ,checking out what weird 'bush'...
Sylvia Meller
Jun 3, 20211 min read


Mrs Bob, the beaver mum, Part 21
Time for a new video upload of the beaver family : It is mid of July and the beaver family around Mrs Bob is mainly doing what beavers do...
Sylvia Meller
May 24, 20211 min read


Redstarts!
I used to see them a lot back in Germany but hardly any since I moved to the UK. Not sure if I am just lucky but this year I have seen...
Sylvia Meller
May 23, 20211 min read


Successful beaver tour
We were lucky to have a decent evening , no rain, hardly any wind when I took Sue and Iain out to watch the beavers. They had seen the...
Sylvia Meller
May 22, 20212 min read


Piercing eyes
Last week I walked back from my day job which led me along the tree line which is bordering the local cycle path. I heard the magpies...
Sylvia Meller
May 17, 20212 min read


3pm snack
After all the rain the river was very high, to the point that the foot path was almost flooded at several spots. I thought I have a quick...
Sylvia Meller
May 14, 20212 min read


Clever fisher!
A few days ago I encountered a Little egret that stood at one of the weirs along the river. It had learned to wait at one of the steps of...
Sylvia Meller
May 12, 20211 min read
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