One of a dozen ravens seen above a quiet Chilterns valley yesterday. They circled above me emitting bass cronks, while, at the other end of my frequency range, a gang of goldcrests sent thin calls from the heart of a yew. 🍂🌿 #nature

After a few virus-inflicted ‘off-games’ weeks, it was good to be back out for a slither along some squelchy Oxfordshire Way miles. 🚶🏻🥳

What a striking contrast in habitat management methods: 1/4 ‘take no prisoners’ contractors in much-loved local woodland; 2/4 & 3/4 carefully targeted scrub-bashing and lopping by @savebutterflies.bsky.social volunteers to help wild strawberry growth and boost grizzled skipper prospects (4/4). 🦋💚

Only just getting going on here, but I’ve been around for a while. These are from 1991, more than half a life ago. Shetland - rocking the wannabe farmer look and getting close to the Hermaness puffins.

A rosy rip over Oxford this late-afternoon

60 years on from its closure, I’m walking a stretch of the Hull >Withernsea line. I’m told I travelled this way, in the pram phase. Childlike excitement today at the masses of fieldfares and redwings, the skeins of geese overhead. But most of all when I heard and spotted the shape of a hawfinch. 🤩

Thanks for the nudge to head into this space, Nic. Looking forward to uplifting, inspiring and informative content from friends old and new. Here’s some pics from last week in southern Turkey to start my contribution. 🦋🌸🌿