Wildlife

I remember standing knee-deep in a peat bog outside of Glencoe, shivering in a relentless drizzle that had soaked through my supposedly “waterproof” trousers, trying …

I remember sitting in a low-profile kayak on a glass-calm loch three years ago, watching an osprey dive just twenty yards away. The silence was …

I spent nine years as a ranger watching people treat wildlife like a decorative garden feature rather than a living, breathing ecosystem. Most people think …

Stop wasting your money on those “all-in-one” designer bird feeding stations that look more like garden sculptures than actual habitat. I’ve spent twenty-two years watching …

I spent three hours last Tuesday crouched in a muddy bank near the River Dee, shivering in a damp wind, only to watch a group …

I remember standing in a peat bog outside of Glencoe, waist-deep in freezing slush, staring at a series of impressions that looked like nothing more …

I remember a night in the Cairngorms, about twelve years ago, sitting in a damp bivvy bag while a heavy mist rolled in through the …

I spent most of my career watching people try to “save the planet” by buying expensive, pre-packaged “pollinator kits” from big-box garden centers, only to …

I spent twenty-two years watching how ecosystems fail when people treat them like something you can just “fix” with a single, expensive gesture. There is …