Redwings foraging in Reykjavik city centre and Laugavegur street, Iceland

Redwings foraging in Reykjavik city centre and Laugavegur Street, Iceland Laugavegur Street is the main shopping street in Reykjavik, full of coffee shops, touristy gift shops, wine bars, cake shops and more. It was very busy in November when I was there. It was...
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Solitary Bees By Ted Benton & Nick Owens review

Solitary Bees By Ted Benton & Nick Owens review This is my second review of a book by Ted Benton. I enjoyed the much smaller first book and when I asked him why he wrote the first Solitary Bee book, his comments were just as appropriate for this second book....
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Wool carder bee, nesting and mating behaviour

Ladies first! Here I will explore the Wool carder (Anthidium manicatum) (Megachilidae: Anthidiin) females' behaviour, nesting etc. and then go on to the males. Unusually for solitary bees, female wool carder bees, are smaller than males and females generally emerge...
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Dolphin watching at Lagos Portugal

Dolphin watching at Lagos Portugal Several businesses offer dolphin and whale watching tours sailing from Lagos in Portugal. We decided to go with Sealife because on every trip they have a qualified marine biologist accompanying you on their boats. Instead of hugging...
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The Boardwalk from Lagos to Meia Praia

The wooden Boardwalk from Lagos to Meia Praia My wife and I watched spell bound as we were fortunate to watch the actual work undertaken during the construction of this beautiful wooden boardwalk. Although we have walked many miles on boardwalks in the area, we had...
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A wildlife pond

Apr 5, 2010

I designed this pond for wildlife.  There are no fish to eat the numerous wildlife, insects and bugs etc. that would soon make this their new home. It has easy access for hedgehogs and other wildlife to come and go as they wish. In a short time this will be literally...

Feeding an exhausted bumblebee

Apr 5, 2010

This exhausted bumblebee was lying on the patio floor. With a little drop of honey on my fingertip it was easy to entice it onto my hand, where after feeding it flew off on its merry way!! Bumblebees are really friendly furry creatures and you should have no fear from...

Welcome to our new website!

Feb 27, 2010

Over the coming weeks and months we’re going to be getting a lot more information up on the site to help you nurture your bit of nature. You can keep up-to-date by joining us on Facebook, following us on Twitter, subscribing to our Newsfeed or signing up for our...