Today's post is  a collection of garden insects and a report from my Dartmoor pool.  The Butterfly above is a Gatekeeper - Pyronia tithonus female, a…

This is a new species for me and the garden. It's a Tachinid Fly with the scientific name Nowickia ferox. It is a harmless fly, about…

As soon as I arrived at the moor this afternoon, I noted more birds than normal. Then, once inside the hide the comings and goings…

Imagine you are me, (just for a second)………. you are obsessed with birds and wildlife, and since the advent of digital equipment, photography.  So much…

My favourite garden centre, Orchard Nurseries is on the road to Tedburn St Mary from Exeter.  John. the owner is a great bloke who has…

The other day I had walked around the edge of a very pretty field of wheat with wild flowers, bees, butterflies and birds in abundance.…