On my walk this morning I went past a small wetland area alongside the river and noticed something written on one of the signs. Someone had written VANDALISM Now a desert No habitat for birds or animals No Conservation And I had to agree. This was once a small haven for wildlife and I'd written a previous blog about spotting a kingfisher on the pond. https://www.wildlifepirate.co.uk/single-post/2019/03/11/a-new-king-on-the-block Along with the kingfishers I'd photographed gre

I've recently been visiting a new site close to where I live. It has a small stream running between woodland on one side and a meadow on...

Recently Yorkshire has become a bit of a hotspot for ospreys as they head south for the winter. One had been at Sprotborough Flash near...

If you feed the birds in your garden (and if you don't why not?) at this time of year you're probably wondering where they've gone to. I...

The first time you see a stonechat you might be forgiven for thinking its a robin. A very posh robin. A very posh robin who's been asked...

Somethings in life just go together, fish and chips, Fred and Ginger, Halifax Town and non-league football. But red kites and stoats? I...

We recently had a few days away with the dogs in a cottage near Stratford upon Avon. The cottage was in a classic English village with a...

I decided to spend my prize money from the LACS competition win on a couple of sessions at an osprey hide near Rutland water in the...

I've never really considered rats before, they're not an animal thats very high on any ones agenda really. They have a bad reputation and...

The League Against Cruel Sports have an annual photography competition and last year I decided to enter after having spent most of Spring...