EP84 – British Orchids – An introduction
We look look at Britain’s orchids and give an introduction to this fascinating group of plants
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EP66 – Green Planet with Paul Williams
Our guest this episode is Paul Williams from the BBC Natural History Unit, and director and producer on the latest BBC Nature Doc, The Green Planet.We talk about the Green Planet series, seeing the world’s biggest flower, the difficulties filming a cactus parasite, stories from working with Sir David Attenborough and how he got to…
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Ep47 – Bluebells and Wood Anemones
In the second of our spring flowers episodes we talk about the the Bluebell and the Wood Anemone; how and where they grow, why they spread so slowly and the neat trick bluebells use to get phosphorous. In news we talk about the Big Garden Birdwatch results, Large Marsh Grasshopper being reintroduced to Norfolk, the…
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2018: Review of the year
2018 has been a mixed year. It started with a sad loss, but also had a number of positives. Having a toddler running round, the impending arrival and then arriving of child number 2 and starting a new job all meant that time for fun stuff like photography was restricted and there was no family…
Project Snowdrop – my 1st project in 2018
January 2018 was a bit of a non event photographically due to a loss in the family. Other than a couple of hours in the ‘pondman shed’ and a lunchbreak or two pointing the camera at some blue tits, I didn’t take many shots. By February I had decided to get out and do something…
Wood ants and Wood Anemones at Norsey Woods (and a bonus Snake’s Head Fritillary)
Last weekend I finally made it up to Norsey Wood to start my wood ant project. The bluebells have just started to flower, but to me they come second to my favourite forest flower, the wood anemone. I used my 300mm and teleconvertor for this shot, which helped get the nice clean background. It was…
Best of 2016 part 1
As is tradition now, as 2016 is drawing to a close, I’ve written a review of the year. Its been a mixed year, where for reasons that will become apparent below, I’ve not been able to get as much with the camera as in previous years, but I’ve had few nice wildlife experiences, got a…
A lady orchid
A lady orchid from Bonsai Bank.
Rabbit chase and Cuckoo flower
Last April I was walking around Wat Tyler CP on an evening where traffic had meant none of the regular evening dog walkers could make it to the park. The difference I saw was remarkable with rabbits all around. At one point I saw some rabbit chasing each other around and managed a couple of…
Pyramidal orchid, sedge warbler and a grooming crows
Back In July, on the same day as I took the photos in the last post, I photographed this pyramidal orchid in Wat Tyler Country Park. I got some close ups. And tried a top down shot. On the reed bed walk was this sedge warbler. In the trees opposite this pair of crows were…