The perfect evening for a walk along the canal and some local urban wildlife watching. A beautiful spring evening and the sun is shining with bright light across the landscape, casting harsh shadows and illuminating everything with a golden glow. A perfect excuse to wander along the canal with a camera and set of binoculars. It is definitely I think one of the most splendid times of year, the bright young shade of green that showcases the new leaves of growing plants and of c

University is over for Summer break and with that a chance to visit my home patch birding spots. With exams over and a bit of time off between work its always time to go looking for wildlife! While visiting my Grandparents, my Grandfather and I decided to head over to RSPB Greylake, a fantastic spot for all types of wetland bird and the carpark feeders are prefect for passerines. A quick lunch in the car park was first on the list watching the birds while they ate theirs. The

A morning of small mammal trapping with the Eco Society of Penryn Campus University of Exeter. It was an early morning on Monday the second, bright and early to check the small mammal taps that had been laid the previous evening, full of some apple, seeds, straw and of course cat food. The cat food was needed to maintain the shrews very high metabolism. Myself and a few others from the Eco society met at the entrance to the field where the traps had been laid with the necessa