cybercrofter

I was given polar bear patterned pyjama trousers by my brother this year, and they remind me that some indigenous people in the arctic have ...

I am not the only writer for whom bears are their muse, and I'm not thinking here of nursery rhymes, doggerel or poems for childr...

A goldcrest flitted into my writing turret while I was scribbling. It panicked, battered itself on the windows trying to find a way out, ...

Before Pytheas set out from Massalia on his way to these northern waters in 320BC, I wonder if he made an offering at the temple of Apollo?...

Great excitement this morning when we checked the footprint trap - a paw mark! Mink or otter? This afternoon we went back with ruler, cam...

The normal signal here for end-of-hibernation is the first primrose. The diary over the past eight years shows this to be normally early-to-...

Some people watch television. I watch the seals on the loch. Up to 18 common seals at a time rest up on the bows and skerries just off-shore...

Yesterday evening the first geese flew over, heading south from their summer homes in search of wintering areas. Two skeins at first: one wi...

This morning a weasel scampered right up to the caravan and sat on the decking looking in. How do I know it's a weasel? Because it's...