a dog's life in the Tamar valley, Cornwall, PL17

It is British bird count day today. Normally, on this auspicious day all the birds in our garden disappear (probably because everyone put...

well camouflaged and very shy and looking at you

I have never seen bramble flowering in January. I guess it may have continued flowering from last year. I can hardly believe it has start...

a goldfinch flashing its brilliant colours in flight (nothing much else to photograph at present)

as might be expected the pools and puddles are now full of amphibian eggs, some in aggregates and some that seem to have disaggregated.

It was quite a fierce dawn today, and it set the sycamores on fire