The ramblings of an amateur naturalist including species accounts and reports on nature locations.
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Great Mullein And The Mullein Moth
Published on 2012-01-08 16:34:35
Despite spending much of my free time out in the countryside observing nature for as long as I can remember I recently stumbled across a new find in the form of a plant I’d never seen before. Whilst it isn’t rare it is most exotic-looking and my first thought when I saw it was that [...]
Rwanda- A Celebration of Spirit
Published on 2011-10-17 05:49:52
Louise Stanion from luxury holidays operator Cox & Kings discovers the little known treasures of Rwanda. There is a long row of tall, African drums lined up in the courtyard of Butare’s National Museum. The cowhide drum skins of brown and cream are held in place by an intricate rope system; behind which are tucked [...]
How To Tell The Different Between Slow Worms And Snakes
Published on 2011-10-16 10:58:04
photo credit: anabis Something long and thin wriggles past you in the countryside. The knee-jerk response may be that you’ve just seen a snake but how can you be certain that what you’ve seen isn’t a slow worm instead? Let’s take a closer look at slow worms and the different species of snake present [...]
