I remember a group of hikers last autumn, parents who had spent a small fortune on high-end, lightweight binoculars only to have their seven-year-olds drop …
Wildlife Watching With Children Who Cannot Sit Still


I remember a group of hikers last autumn, parents who had spent a small fortune on high-end, lightweight binoculars only to have their seven-year-olds drop …

I remember sitting in a damp hollow near the Brecon Beacons back in 2012, trying to log a specific sighting while the light was failing …

I was up on a ridge in the Cairngorms last Tuesday, watching a pair of peregrines circle a scree slope, when I realized how much …

I spent a decade as a ranger watching people try to “save” nature with expensive, plastic-heavy gadgets that end up doing more harm than good. …

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 …