I’ve written before about citizen science and how valuable it is. A large part of its value is the way It enables researchers to access so much more data than they might otherwise have time or funding to collect. There are also huge benefits for the volunteers taking part. Learning more about, and engaging with, …
This content contains affiliate links to Bookshop.org. When you buy through these links, I may earn an affiliate commission. Working in the Urban Design and Heritage department at Bristol City Council, my brother Pete has done a lot of digging (sometimes literally) into the history of Bristol’s various neighbourhoods. One he has recently been working …
This content contains affiliate links to Bookshop.org. When you buy through these links, I may earn an affiliate commission. I’ve written in the past about the surprising amount of urban wildlife in our towns and cities. But immersed in the hustle and bustle of urban life, it’s sometimes easy to forget that we are also …
I’ve written before about how valuable hedgerows are for wildlife. But in places where trees and shrubs find it harder to become established, linear boundary walls can offer similar benefits. Not only do these walls, especially dry stone ones with lots of points of entry, provide shelter for a range of organisms, they are also …
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Impossible to mistake for anything else, grey herons are one of our most familiar birds. Tall, statuesque and found from busy urban parks to remote sea lochs, they are a common sight pretty much wherever there is water. Despite this, though, there are some surprising aspects to the life of the grey heron and, in …
This content contains affiliate links to Bookshop.org. When you buy through these links, I may earn an affiliate commission. The red fox is surely one of the UK’s most beautiful mammals. Sadly, though, this extremely adaptable animal is also one of our most divisive. While many people see every encounter as a joy and a …
This content contains affiliate links to Bookshop.org. When you buy through these links, I may earn an affiliate commission. Horror films might portray graveyards as spooky places full of ghosts and ghouls but many of us actually find them peaceful spots to while away an hour or two. They are often good places to look …
This content contains affiliate links to Bookshop.org. When you buy through these links, I may earn an affiliate commission. When you think of urban wildlife, you might think of gulls, sparrows, starlings and pigeons. However, once you start to look a bit closer at the wildlife around our towns and cities, you soon realise just …