Features & Articles

Wildlife Photo Competition - Shortlist Announced!

Added 26th Apr to Features & Articles

Thank you to all who entered our latest Wildlife Photography Competition. What an amazing selection of images!

It's been a real privilege to review the 1200+ entries and after much debate we have whittled down our foavourites to a final 6.

Spring Alive, Migration And Disappearing Nightingales

Added 26th Apr to Features & Articles

We have been following the reports of migrant birds arriving across the UK. April is the key month for migration in the UK and a great time to get out and about to watch the summer visitors arriving. The swallow is perhaps the species which most people look forward to seeing during the spring time and they are now back in the UK. An interesting project set up by Birdlife International and the RSPB is Spring Alive which asks observers across Europe to submit their sightings of the swallow, swift, cuckoo, white stork and bee-eater.

Diary Of A Wildlife Artist - A Bounty For Blackbirds And Others

Added 6th Apr to Features & Articles

In between my first large solo show for a couple of years, in late November whilst leading of group of enthusiastic painters, i came across a line of Crab Apple trees, that were a blaze of fiery orange fruit. As i sat nearby, populations of Blackbirds in took in turns to bound in and feed, some feeding from hanging fruit, some stripping smaller apples clean off before heading into the cover of nearby Scots Pines to feed.

Birding In Shetland - A rarity finding round up of 2011

Added 6th Apr to Features & Articles

From a birding perspective there is a magical air of aspiration and eager anticipation that fuels my optimism throughout the year. Arguably there is nowhere better in the British Isles for finding your own rarities, which can happen at any time of year and often under any circumstance.

A Badger Called 'Hope'

Added 6th Mar to Features & Articles

Meet 'Hope', a very young badger being cared for by Pauline Kidner and the staff at the Secret World Wildlife Rescue Centre in Somerset.

Hope is the subject of the latest project from one of our most active Whisperers Michael Leigh-Mallory.

A New Visitor To The Garden?

Added 20th Feb 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!

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.

Project Trail Cam - Heavy winds and rain...... AGAIN!

Added 5th Jan to Features & Articles

Project Trail Cam - Catching up with clips

Added 3rd Jan to Features & Articles

Well, what awful weather we've had today in Suffolk, and by the sound of it pretty much most of the UK has been suffering too.

There wasn't much point in putting the trail cam out today so I've put it out this evening instead. Hopefully the foxes will visit and that will be another species crossed off the list!