A blog and photo journal about the natural history of north-west England and beyond
Porlock Weir, the former home to Samuel Taylor Coleridge. Worthy Combe Toll Lodge Fairy Tunnel, Ashley Combe House former home of Ada Byron. The tunnels date back to 1835 and the construction of the Italianate gardens. Presumably built to allow the 1st Earl Lovelace and Read More …
Another superb area of ancient woodland and chalk meadows hidden away in the Chilterns near Henley-on-Thames. Unfortunately the few photographs below don’t really record just what a wonderful nature reserve this is. With our visit taking place in early summer the combination of thin, chalky soil Read More …
An almost magical area of ancient woodland. Perhaps also unsurprisingly its also a National Nature Reserve. The walk and scramble up through the gorge is superb with the high limestone rock faces and caves giving the woodland an ethereal quality. Unfortunately the rain cut short Read More …
An amazing area of woodland historically managed as hazel coppice and now part of the RSPB’s Dorset estate. Until recently it was one of the few areas left that was reasonably reliable for Turtle Dove and the Hazel Dormouse. Whilst Dormouse can still be found Read More …