Reflections on recent developments that point to some new thinking on nature.
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Part 2 of my long-read essay on thoughts about the new year: new years in general and this one in particular.
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At two minutes past ten in the morning, on Monday 21 December, the sun's solstice will occur. A traditional turning of the new year, and a welcome moment at which to turn thoughts towards 2021.
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This morning (4 May) I went out into a drizzly dawn to listen to the defining sounds of the spring dawn - and to read my latest work in progress to the birds.
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Gilbert White’s The Natural History of Selborne takes the form of 110 letters, 66 of which were addressed to Daines...
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My talks page has been updated with details of events scheduled for this autumn and winter, and into spring next year.
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From an insect whose courtship song suffuses the heathland soundscape, to a bird which has inspired more classical and romantic writing than any other, June looks like being a song-filled month.
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For an insect that spends almost all of its time underground, the field cricket has an elusive charisma, on account of its evocative 'song'. A unique event will celebrate this miniature sound-maker.
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We’ve known it for ages, but every three-year State of Nature report reminds us how impoverished our wildlife has become, and...
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