Dawn in the Forests of Bonaire
Just before light chases them away, geckos chirp their farewells from tree to tree and branch to branch. As the blackness of night dissolves in to the brightness of day, the first bird...
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Category: #PatchChat
#PatchChat: Forgotten Decorations
Sunday 12th March 2017 The walk down the concrete road is long and dreamlike in the grey light. A faint and illusive fog shrouds the world beyond, holding in the calls of sparrows...
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Eight-Legged Beauty
Most people, at the very least, have a dislike for spiders. They’re creepy, mysterious and make themselves comfortable in our homes uninvited. The fact that they have so many legs and so many eyes...
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The Nature of London
From Her Majesty’s Swans to feral Parakeets, Hyde Park has its fair share of wildlife, and the community is thriving. Entering the park at the Royal Albert memorial (definitely worth a look!) onto...
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#PatchChat: Sites of Exclosure
23rd October 2016 ‘Leave it.’ Elsie looks up at me from beside the bin. ‘Leave it.’ She eats the chewing gum and then scuttles to my left leg as we continue to walk....
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Autumnal wonders and where to see them
Autumn is a season like no other: one of colour, action and perpetual movement. A season which I cherish above all others, which marks the start of a number of subliminal wild spectacles,...
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The Sad Sun of Autumn
Do you ever look at the Sun and think, ‘How sad?’ It is a feeling associated with Autumn. How odd it is that the Sun, an everlasting and constant form, can be perceived...
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#PatchChat: Outer Dark
‘You won’t get phone reception out here,’ he said, cradling the rifle under one arm and resting his other hand over the barrel. He wore green overalls and wellington boots, with a...
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Summer Days Gone By
Snails clung to the slippery stems of the plant. Leaves were stained and dripped with the tears of the clouds and I trundled past in my wellington boots, out for a morose walk...
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Nature Blogging: Why Bother?
One of the most common questions raised whenever someone stumbles across my blog, particularly from those of a non-environmental background is: why bother? Surely it takes up too much time, provides very little in...
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