Jan 54 min2020: Recording Nearby Nature2020 was a year that I am sure many people will remember for the rest of their lives. The COVID-19 virus swept across the world and we ha...
Dec 6, 20203 minBeautiful BryophytesLike many people, especially outdoorsy people, I find winters difficult. The long-dark cold nights and days where the sun never seems to ...
Oct 29, 20201 minBiological Recording TalkI recently did a talk for the Natural History Society of Northumbria on biological recording. You can view it on YouTube here.
Apr 5, 20201 min7 Biological Recording Blog PostsHi all, I have written 7 blog posts this week for the Wildlife Trusts. Each one focuses on different aspects of biological recording. Che...
Mar 30, 20203 minBiological Recording Week: Day 1 - What is biological recording?Hi everyone, Today is the first of a series of posts that I plan on doing which explores the world of biological recording. I am still wo...
Mar 7, 20201 minNew Website!Dear readers, I have decided to start a fresh and design a new website. If you are reading this then welcome to my new and (hopefully) im...
Jan 3, 20203 minA Decade of Biological RecordingDear readers, I started biological recording in 2010 when I was 16 years old. As we enter 2020 this means I have been generating biologic...
Jan 24, 20192 min2019: A Different ApproachFor a few years now, I have set myself targets for numbers of new species to see and record. These are often aspirational and don’t reall...
Jun 13, 20182 minA Wonderful Wildlife Filled WeekI have been rather busy at work recently running the WILDside Project so was looking forward to a week off for a long time. I headed down...
Feb 28, 20182 minLessons From Learning BryophytesAs readers of this blog will probably know, I have been saying for literally years now that I want to get more to grips with bryophytes a...
Jan 7, 20182 minNew YearToday is the 7th of January, the end of the first week of a New Year. I meant to do this blog post on the 1st but that never quite happen...
Nov 13, 20175 minBees in BuckinghamshireI have now recorded 87 wild bee species in Buckinghamshire. There are many more to find, but the ones I have found so far are as follows:...
Jul 13, 20157 minAn Introduction To British Bee GeneraIt is Pollinator Awareness Week this week so I thought I would do a blog post on bee genera to show you quite how diverse and wonderful ...