What I’ve been reading this week, 25 July 2020
Why we must fight for wild camping, seeking discomfort, finding our legs again, and no safety nets in the real world. Environment and nature A Guide to Climbing Trips in Europe by Train — at a time when public transport is being threatened by the pandemic, it’s great to see
Nature notes: recent nature and wildlife photography, 18 July 2020
Stellar invertebrates, birds, and local rewilding I didn’t post a ‘nature notes’ blog post last week, because my wildlife photography has become a lot less prolific over the last few weeks. That’s because there has simply been less wildlife out and about for me to photograph. The birds
What I’ve been reading this week, 18 July 2020
Reindeer versus mining corporations, free camping versus wild camping, and how to be a freelance introvert. Environment and nature Farmers hatch plan to return area the size of Dorset to wild nature – this feels like the future. Nature-led coronavirus recovery could create $10tn a year, says WEF – the only way
What I’ve been reading this week, 12 July 2020
Planting trees won’t save us, counting the cost of campfires, Scotland’s best mountains for landscape photography, and hillwalkers return to the hills. Environment and nature Why Planting Trees Won’t Save Us – sobering reading. What’s the point of planting a trillion trees if our climate is becoming
Nature notes: this week’s nature and wildlife photography, 4 July 2020
A bewitching encounter with a roe deer, meadow brown butterflies galore, and – finally – a whitethroat fledgling. The weather hasn’t been great this week again. It’s been cold for the time of year, with plenty of rain and wind. Wildlife has mostly been hunkered down and hidden. I’ve
What I’ve been reading this week, 4 July 2020
Nature should be for everyone, building a sustainable outdoor community, locked bothies, and Microsoft Editor. Environment and nature Nature Should Be For Everyone – Not Just A Privileged Few – Anita Sethi: ‘It is a fundamental misconception that we are separate from nature when in fact we are each and every one
Nature notes: this week’s nature and wildlife photography, 28 June 2020
Highlights this week include reed buntings, lesser whitethroats, a contemplative brown hare, and the moorhen chicks. It’s midsummer, and in an average year my photographic mojo hits rock bottom at around this point. Finding decent light for landscape photography involves ridiculously early starts, so I usually don’t bother
What I’ve been reading this week, 27 June 2020
A lost world returns, diversity is not a hashtag, thoughts on wild camping, and macOS goes to 11. Environment and nature ‘You don’t know what you’ve lost till it’s gone’ – Lockdown Diaries – Lizzi Wakelin records the joy she found during lockdown, and the wrench of coming out
Nature notes: this week’s nature and wildlife photography, 21 June 2020
It’s been a quiet week, but not without some exciting wildlife sightings. The week began with days of fog, a result of the haar coming in off the North Sea. I saw little in the way of birds or other wildlife on most of those mornings – the cold mist
What I’ve been reading this week, 21 June 2020
Coping with isolation, gear for backpacking beginners, reasons for self-publishing a book, and hammer time for Apple. (A lot of online writing has some link to the pandemic now, so these categories are more blurred than ever!) Environment and nature Scotland’s mountain hares gain protected status – fantastic news. Protect
