A blog and photo journal about the natural history of north-west England and beyond
Far too long since I updated the blog but now British Summertime is officially over there’s a chance to catch up with a few highlights from earlier on in the year. Spike our regular Hedgehog has continued to visit every evening and in late summer was joined by Read More …
With the evenings drawing in great to see the return of Spike. In all probability its unlikely he’s ever been away. Certainly hasn’t forgotten the taste of mealworms. After demolishing a bagful in less than a week we splashed out on a 2kg bag via Amazon and Maltby’s Mealworms. 2kg Read More …
A welcome visitor to the back garden. When a small and underweight Hoglet turned up in the back garden towards the end of November his chances of surviving the winter hibernation appeared bleak. Despite snuffling amongst the leaf litter looking for a tasty morsel the Read More …
I’ll be the first to admit I wouldn’t have found this particular fox in a million years. Hidden away between some tree trunks felled a long time ago this was one of Muttley’s discoveries. Over the past week the local Foxes have been extremely active. Read More …