by Keith Broomfield | Sep 2, 2020 | Wildlife
I trod carefully across the boulder field on this high plateau in the southern Cairngorms, scanning the ground for life. To the north, the high Cairngorm massif was etched against the horizon and I reeled off the names of their summits in my head; such familiar tops...
by Keith Broomfield | Aug 4, 2020 | Wildlife
Relaxing in the garden and enjoying the sun is a great way of getting close to nature, as I so discovered when lying on our lawn on a sun mat. Ahead of me the grass stretched like an expansive green sea but it was the abundance of tiny invertebrates that really caught...
by Keith Broomfield | Jul 2, 2020 | Wildlife
It was a puddle, no more than that; a water-filled wheel rut on an upland forestry track in Perthshire, yet this little pool surged with life. It was the palmate newts that first drew my eye, five of them lying on the muddy bottom. One of the creatures was an...
by Keith Broomfield | Jun 9, 2020 | Wildlife
Like a piece of wind-blown confetti, the orange butterfly whirled and danced in the air, and most frustratingly, wouldn’t come to rest so I could identify it. Its rapidly beating wings flashed brightly as it zipped along the woodland ride and then rose steeply over a...
by Keith Broomfield | May 20, 2020 | Wildlife
By Keith Broomfield The mother mallard with her ducklings had seen me approach along the riverbank from some distance away, but I had already spotted her, so the advantage lay with me. I was too far away to hear, but presumably she uttered some kind of soft call to...
by Keith Broomfield | Apr 3, 2020 | Wildlife
A spring dawn-frosted morning on the River Devon just a couple of days before the coronavirus lockdown; still air, azure sky and sunbeams brimming over the rolling horizon, spilling forth a myriad of sparkling rays. Nature is so inspiring, life-giving and powerful in...
