I spent three years as a ranger watching people buy these brightly colored, plastic-molded “designer” bird houses from garden centers, only to see them sitting …
Siting a Nest Box Where It Will Be Used


I spent three years as a ranger watching people buy these brightly colored, plastic-molded “designer” bird houses from garden centers, only to see them sitting …

I was standing on a ridge in the Cairngorms last November, watching a pair of peregrines circle a crag, when I realized how much damage …

I spent three years as a ranger watching people try to “improve” nature by forcing it into a shape that didn’t work, and a garden …

I spent years as a ranger watching people try to “save nature” by buying expensive, plastic-heavy bird feeders and decorative stone hotels that end up …

I remember standing on a sodden ridge in the Cairngorms back in 2012, my notebook getting more waterlogged by the minute, trying to log a …

I was standing on a sodden ridge in the Cairngorms back in 2012, my fingers so numb I could barely grip my pen, trying to …

I remember standing in a sodden, wind-whipped valley in the Peak District three years ago, staring at a piece of kit that cost more than …

I once spent four hours crouched in a damp gorse thicket near the Cairngorms, waiting for a single pine marten, only to realize my “high-tech” …

I was standing on a frost-slicked ridge in the Cairngorms three years ago, my fingers so numb I could barely operate my binoculars, watching a …

I spent three hours last Tuesday standing on a granite ledge in a gale that felt like it was trying to peel the skin off …