by Dominic | Apr 7, 2020 | Nature Writing, News
This is an extract from my book “The Secret Lives of Garden Birds”. It’s the introduction to April. The whole book is available from the usual retailers. Order now from...
by Dominic | Jul 2, 2017 | Nature Writing, News, Trip Reports
Here’s something a little different from your usual bird reports… I have taken my son Samuel up Snowdon a couple of times so, with the spring half term approaching this year, we decided it was time to launch on assault on the other peaks that make up the...
by Dominic | Dec 20, 2014 | Nature Writing, Trip Reports
THE PERFECT SWARM Bat-catching on an English autumn night There are many joys to mammal-watching, but one is undoubtedly a tendency to do peculiar things. Take visiting a cave on a September dusk and placing long nets outside it, and then waiting, chatting in the...
by Dominic | Aug 9, 2011 | Nature Writing
Do check out my article on Yellow-legged Gull identification in this month’s Bird Watching magazine, available from most newsagents. Now’s a good time to get out and find one of these tricky beasties, because many have travelled up from the coast of France...
