Birds and other animals

One of the things I have wanted to do ever since I started this drawing lark is to draw birds from life - to capture that moment in time,...

It's been a slow start to spring after an initially promising start. It's been cold lately with northerly winds holding up many of our...

Pen and ink drawings have always appealed to me. My paternal grandfather was an artist and pen and ink was his medium. His subject matter...

A couple of years ago a started to keep a nature journal/sketchbook. It was mainly a record of things I had seen when out and about and...

One of the best ways to learn about the natural world is to go out and look at it with someone who really knows their stuff. Last Friday,...

Apparently this week is National Insect Week, so here's an appropriately insecty post. The other day we went to Deeping Lakes nature...

Now the lockdown restrictions are easing a bit, our first trip out beyond the lanes around our house for two and half months felt...

For the last few years the Wildlife Trusts have been running a challenge to do something wild every day in June. I haven't signed up to...