Although there was something of the Pepé Le Pews about the animal, I was sure what we had seen was a polecat.
Category Archives: Wildlife
Imbolc is here
Imbolc is a pagan festival held to mark the halfway point between the winter solstice and the spring equinox.
Hovering wonder
Is it possible to ‘tread air’? If it is, then the kestrel has it down to an art.
Cow parsley’s time in the sun (and shade)
Throughout May the countryside is brimming with cow parsley flowers foaming on tall stalks along roadsides and shady woodland paths.
‘It’s been my whole life’ – 60 years in the wilds of Skipper’s Island
Ray Marsh prepares to bid farewell after a lifetime caring for a remote Essex nature reserve.
Coppicers are the latest in a long line of guardians of the ancient woods
What better way to shrug off the festive excesses than with some good, honest work in the woods?
Kingdom of the dragonflies
A few miles from Sudbury, just over the border into Essex, lies a wonderful place called Foxearth Meadows nature reserve – a paradise for dragonflies and damselflies.
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