“Robin”, “blue tit”, “crow” – those are the easy ones, but what happens when the children in our lives point at a brown-coloured duck and ask us, “what’s that one?”.

Snowdrops are powerful signs of resilience. They look so delicate with their white flowers nodding bell-like on a stem, but they are tough, making their way through the frozen earth when little…

I will never forget the first night in my new house seeing a mother hedgehog and her three babies walking across my lawn.

The hornbeam gets its name from the strength of its timber - horn meaning hard, and beam being the old English word for tree.

Folly Farm nature reserve recently welcomed high-tech help on its steep slopes overlooking the Chew Valley.

I was lucky enough to be awarded a sponsored place on the Intro to Fungi ID course at the beautiful Feed Bristol site in Stapleton on the 24th and 25th of November.

For many of us, going for a walk, pottering in the garden or simply sitting and relaxing in nature is a good way to lift our mood when we’re feeling low or tired. And over the last few years, more…