Exploring Our Wild Places Through Words

Exploring Our Wild Places Through Words

Haven on our doorsteps

Haven on our doorsteps

A queen buff-tailed bumblebee hovering low over the ground in search of a nesting hole, while on a nearby ash, a treecreeper spirals its way up the trunk, before flying over in a short undulation to an adjacent tree. Wonderful and so relaxing to watch; nature going...
Opportunity knocks

Opportunity knocks

It’s all about finding the right opportunity – and this pair of red-breasted mergansers fishing close to the shore at St Cyrus had certainly found that. Despite the air being still, rolling breakers were crashing into the shore with some ferocity. But the power of the...