Dart Days

Looks like we're on course to fledge 13 pied flycatcher youngsters from two nest boxes!  Six fledged within the last few days, and these...

Mid June in a Dartmoor hay meadow; purple, white, pink and yellow orchids pushing up through the yellow rattle and eyebright.  Makes me thin...

In mid June we have now entered that part of the summer in which insects are in the ascendant.  Beautiful demoiselle damselflies have been a...

Last week I took out Mr and Mrs Coleman from Prince Hall Hotel for a dusk walk.  We walked over the West Dart, past Moorlands Farm and out t...

May has been a glorious month here in this Dartmoor valley - Cuckoos calling day in, day out, Snipe calling from the bogs, two nesting pairs...

Some spring photos for you from Dartmoor and around.  The blackthorn in particular has been glorious (I love the combination with lichens); ...