A young photographer's adventures in the world of natural history
I have not long returned from a superb ten days on the enchanting island of Cyprus in the eastern Mediterranean (although 'enchanting' perhaps isn't the appropriate word where the current state of affairs regarding illegal songbird massacre is concerned...) The trip was part of our second year field courses with the University of Exeter, and entailed …
After the winter term at university drew to a close at the end of March, it was time to make the tri-annual pilgrimage from Falmouth back to North Wales - a trek typically drawn out over a rather exhausting 12-hour train journey. I was lucky this time to be able to meet up with some friends in South …
The nesting season is well underway for a host of avian species as we progress ever further into spring. One bird in particular that I've enjoyed spending time watching recently as they've busied about constructing their nests is the superb Long-tailed Tit. Looking like a shuttlecock with wings, these excitable little 9-gram birds spend the winter …
Over last couple of months I have been helping out with the beginnings of an exciting new study into Britain's overwintering population of Blackcaps with fellow undergraduate Robbie Phillips. This three-year project is being run by Benjamin Van Doren from Oxford University and Greg Conway from the BTO, in conjunction with research and academic staff here …
As the twice-daily ebb of the tide drains from the foreshore, a remarkably rich world is exposed. Where scrunching shingle beaches give way to rugged rocky shores, a veritable oasis of miniature ecosystems await discovery, each containing a treasure-trove of organisms that lurk within the still waters. Rockpooling is one of those activities that reverts you …
Whilst the last few weeks seem to have passed by in a blurr of assignments, lectures, meetings and uni projects, seizing the odd hour or two to savour the fresh Cornish air has rewarded with a multitude of sights and sounds. Spring has been creeping ever close as daylength stretches longer by the day; a plethora of …
Last Sunday I joined a handful of friends from uni to help out with a beach clean that had been organised for the small Cornish beach of Poldhu, on the Mullion coastline. Besides bagging as much rubbish as we could whisk off the beach, we were also on the look out for nurdles as part of …
