Surely toads live near water? That’s a given, right? So what are they doing at the top of an arid hill with no obvious ponds at any… Read more “Toad on the Hill”
Category: books
Wild Pigs are NOT boring
Wild boar have a fierce reputation, I assume from hunters tales of bravado as in all the 6 years I spent living in the forests of Portugal… Read more “Wild Pigs are NOT boring”
The overflowing bathtub
One image I came across recently struck a chord so deep that I keep coming back to it. In a ‘of course’ this is so obvious way.… Read more “The overflowing bathtub”
Don’t despair, take action
It is tough to care, and it can lead to despair. As an environmentally conscious teen in the ’80s I cut my political teeth on animal welfare… Read more “Don’t despair, take action”
Bring the Cat Back to Britain
The rebalance of the natural world is pretty much impossible without keystone species such as lynx. The video below discusses some of the problems that returning lynx… Read more “Bring the Cat Back to Britain”
Books and trophies
Take a look at the fabulous world of foxes and our chequered history with them.
The truth about cats and dogs
More mundane than mystical, more cooperative than crafty, the closer we look the more we see
A very British mammal
I’m writing a new book about the red fox in Britain. An animal that populates our children’s stories with tales of cunning daring, divides the country politically,… Read more “A very British mammal”