Kind of blue
04 October 2021
James Duncan explores an apparently common colour in nature, that isn’t always what it seems.
Archive of: James Duncan
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Shining a light on the Moths of Park Wood
20 September 2021
Park Wood is a sixty hectare site of ancient semi-natural woodland within the Wealden district of East Sussex, offering great potential for a multitude of winged nocturnal wonders
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Animal Fight Club
07 June 2021
The weaponry possessed within the natural world has undoubtedly fascinated humans through the ages. Whether it’s horns, tusks, antlers, teeth, claws, talons, fangs or stingers; animals have developed a hugely diverse suite of weapons in order to triumph in the evolutionary arms race
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12 Snipe Drumming
04 January 2021
The festive carol ‘Twelve days of Christmas’ states that on the final day, a dozen drummers were drumming. In the avian world, those ‘drummers’ are most likely to be Common Snipe
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Five Golden... Ring'ed Dragonflies
28 December 2020
Could there be a more festive species of Dragonfly than the Golden-ringed - fitting in rather nicely on day five of the ‘Twelve Days of Christmas.’
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Species Spotlight: Waxwing
25 November 2020
It would seem bizarre to wish for any invasion of Britain. Fortunately there’s one winter invasion that’s rather more desirable. For anybody familiar with the Waxwing, fingers will be kept firmly crossed for their arrival
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Species Spotlight: Merlin
20 October 2020
It’s eminently possible many living in Sussex may never have seen a Merlin. For like a huge array of birds the Merlin is a migrant, a breeding inhabitant of chilly northern latitudes
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Species Spotlight: Heather
02 September 2020
The British Isles boasts one of the richest ranges of Heather species anywhere in the world, though there are three distinct and common varieties you’re most likely to see
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Species of the day: Marbled White
11 July 2020
The naming of the Marbled White would lead you to assume it as a member of the ‘White’ butterflies. Confusingly, it’s more closely related to the ‘Browns’
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Species of the day: Roe Deer
09 July 2020
The elegant Roe Deer is one of six wild deer species that reside in Great Britain. Of these, only two are truly native, the lightweight Roe being one