Encounters
Personal reflections on encounters with nature
The King Of Birds
- Tue 29th Sep, 2020
A large high-pressure system had developed over Scandinavia reaching across the North Sea to the English east coast. This created a beautiful open sky and easterly tail winds, ideal for songbird migration. I knew we could be in for a ‘fall’ of migrants but I didn’t really expect a royal deluge!
Connecting To The Natural World
- Sun 24th May, 2020
Getting outside is a vital way of preserving and encouraging positive mental health and so is some of the best advice that I received growing up and vital advice to pass on to my children.
Underworld
- Sun 16th Jun, 2019
It wasn't yet dark when we met but in the expanse of blue sky above us, there was a change of hue; the whisper of night, beckoning.
A Great Adventure
- Wed 1st May, 2019
An early beginning, each eager to partake in the day's promise, raptors were first on our minds and as we piled into the wagons, we began our adventure.
