I'm Invited To Become An Ambassador For Somerset

Added Monday 21:26 to Simon's Blog

I am proud to have been invited to represent my home county, Somerset, as an ambassador. By supporting Visit Somerset, and extolling the natural virtues of my local patch, I hope to offer in some small part, a window into the wild world of this magical part of the country.

This vlog was recently filmed at my home.

A New Visitor To The Garden?

Added Monday 21:14 to Features & Articles

I live on the very outskirts of Ipswich in Suffolk and am lucky enough to get quite a varied mix of wildlife visiting the garden.

We often see foxes on the live cams and evidence of their visit (tracks/droppings etc) but never any other large wild mammals, until today that is!

Ask Our Experts A Question....

Added 15th Feb to Website News

We receive many questions each month for our experts and we do all we can to answer as many as possible.

Each month we feature a selection of questions and choose one as our 'Star Question' for the month.

From this month, we are thrilled to offer the person submitting our favourite question each month over £100 of Buff mutlifunctional headwear!

National Nest Box Week

Added 13th Feb to Features & Articles

National Nest Box Week takes place each year from 14-21 February, and after 10 years it is now an established part of the ornithological calendar.

Find out what you can do to help the feathered visitors to your garden. We also have details of a number of SPECIAL OFFERS to celebrate National Nest Box Week.

Festival Of Birds At WWT Slimbridge

Added 7th Feb to Features & Articles

On Saturday the 4th of February Simon and I set out in sub zero temperatures to visit the Festival of Birds at Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Slimbridge.

The reason for our trip was to open the newly refurbished hide and otter holt kindly sponsored by Zeiss.

The Trust was founded by the late Sir Peter Scott in 1946, and has become famous for its spectacular array of wildfowl including swans, geese and ducks.

BadgerCam - Injured Badger Update 3

Added 3rd Feb to Live Cams - Latest News

It is now thought that our badger has sustained injury from fighting. Our badger continues to come in for food each evening and has a healthy appetite. The individual still has a limp and we are watching this closely.

And this stage we are continuing monitoring over the weekend and I will keep you informed of any developments via the blog.

BadgerCam - Injured Badger Update 2

Added 1st Feb to Live Cams - Latest News

During the last couple of nights we have carefully watched our injured badger's progress.

Our badger continues to feed well and a bowl of water is situated nearby out of camera view and the badger has been drinking well.

The last couple of nights have given us time to watch carefully and it appears to be using the rear leg but carries it in an upward off ground position when trotting or attempting to move at any speed.

BadgerCam Update - Injured Badger

Added 30th Jan to Live Cams - Latest News

Firstly, can I thank all our regular viewers for the enthusiasm and positive comments we receive about the live cam stream Mike’s Badger Cam.

Remote cameras allow individuals or groups the chance to observe badger behaviour live in the comfort of their own homes.

The power of modern technology allows these cameras to stream anywhere in the world! Last night the cam provided an invaluable tool and helped to spot a potentially serious situation.

PHOTO Competition - WINNER Announced!

Added 25th Jan to Website News

Our latest Wildlife Photo Competition has been another huge success and the use of Flickr to host the images has worked very well.

Yet again we've had a wonderful time sifting through over 1000 entries and, as usual, it was very difficult to reduce this down to a chosen few. A big thank you to all who entered.

An Otterly Pingtastic day!

Added 23rd Jan to Young Whisperers Blogs

On Sunday 4th December, Me, my Dad and Tony (Dad’s friend) set off to Leighton Moss, RSPB Nature Reserve near Carnforth. On our way there we stopped off at Truck haven for a quick sausage butty and there we met our first species, the ever endearing Bullfinch, but now full with our breakfast it was time to go and see some more birds at the reserve.....