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

  Every now and again one comes across something genuinely strange. This is a giant wood wasp (urocerus gigas), about 4 cms long. T...

another real local rarity is cornish bladderseed, seen here growing in profusion in the meadows.

It has been predicted recently that this will be a good year for peacock butterflies. They are attracted to hemp agrimony, a common wild...

the first of this year's new swallows gathering for a geography lesson on the way to Africa.

swallows and martins have raised one brood, and now have started again. This is a swallow nest (they tend to nest inside buildings eg barn...

There has been a very marked increase in the number of ant hills in the meadows. I accidentally disturbed the very top of this hill. The e...