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The water vole and the mink

The story behind the return of the water vole is a tale of two semi-aquatic mammal species, not one.

Bats’ use of echolocation to navigate, and hunt insects at night is simply mind-blowing in its sophistication.

This summer, wasps have been noticeable only by their absence.

Recently, I have been waking up early, often to a cacophony of gull shrieks outside my window.

Who needs TV soap operas when you have wildlife in the garden?

I have been struck by the wide proliferation of cowslips – it strikes me this is a bumper year for this spring flower.

The brimstone butterfly is typically the first butterfly of the year to emerge and widely regarded as the ‘harbinger of spring.’

Although there was something of the Pepé Le Pews about the animal, I was sure what we had seen was a polecat.

Imbolc is a pagan festival held to mark the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox.

There has been a lot of rain; there is standing water wherever you look; it has been a tad damp underfoot.