One of my absolute favourite British birds, the Jay, recently visited my allotment bird feeders. Normally elusive and annoyingly shy, this surprisingly exotic looking member of the crow family's behaviour is captured beautifully on the motion sensor camera trap. It...

Camping at Knepp Wildlands, and heard several Nightingales for the first time ever. Here’s my amazing experience. I'd encourage anyone to go and see what Knepp has to offer, it's an incredible conservation and rewilding success story. https://knepp.co.uk/ Go wild!...

I set up a trail cam (or camera trap) at a bird feeding station on my allotment, to see what birds and other creatures are coming to visit when I'm not there. Hopefully we discover some interesting species. I've seen some pretty shy species, so this should give us...

Ever wondered what exactly is a slow worm? Here’s one I found and I explain all about their biology and lifestyle, including some up close and personal footage before releasing him/her back to the wild.

Soprano Pipistrelles feeding over the Hammer pond at Knepp Wildland Safaris on a trip to Sussex. A few other visitors too! Listen to their calls on bat detector equipment and learn about their lifestyle and unique...

  June 12th 2018: Went to check on the chickens on their second night in the new coop on the allotments and heard some strange noises coming from an Oak on the far end. I know we had a Little Owl as I’d spotted it a few weeks ago, but my neighbour found it dead having...

  Common Toads (Bufo bufo) filmed preparing to breed and spawning in a pond at Glade Lane, Southall (London Borough of Ealing). Courtesy of Ealing Ranger James Morton, March 21st 2018.

  Recording biodiversity on July 28th 2018 at our local conservation project, Boles Meadow with EWG volunteers, members and passersby. Some interesting discoveries crop up, and an impressive list of species is counted for year one of tracking the meadow's wildlife....

  Members of EWG met in June 2018 to clear invasive plant species and plant native aquatic species to encourage bugs, birds, bats and other wildlife to the site. This was part of our bat conservation project sponsored by Gregg's the Bakers' local environmental project...