Wild boar, coypu, lizards and raptors in Tuscany
Sometimes you don’t have to go looking for exciting wildlife, it can jump out at you when least expected as I found out on a recent trip to Italy. I was with two friends jogging…
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Whale shark hits back at irresponsible diver
A whale shark hits back when a diver tries to grab it round the tail – at about 50 seconds in. I was on a Best of the Red Sea itinerary, and in the first…
Treasures of the Cayman Islands
STINGRAYS have a fearsome reputation, especially after the death of Steve Irwin, so jumping into waist-deep water with dozens of these giant fish writhing around your ankles might seem like madness. But at Stingray City in…
Getting excited about grass
This weekend is going to be all about grasses, or graminoids, a divergence from my mainly animal interests, but my curiosity was piqued a few months ago at the Field Studies Council’s centre at Flatford Mill…
Learning about otters, water voles and other riverside mammals
“I promise you, they are not remote controlled,” said our ecstatic tutor, Darren Tansley, as we spent a couple of hours with water voles – one of Britain’s rarest creatures – scampering along the river…
Photographer ruffles peers’ feathers
SERIOUS wildlife photographers had every right to claim fowl-play after a newcomer from Suffolk scooped top prize at a star-studded London awards night. Lee Acaster, pronounced the overall winner of the British Wildlife Photography Awards…
Lifting the lid on laser eye surgery
I had always taken pride in my eagle-eyed vision and being first to spot wildlife in the field. So, when it began to deteriorate I muddled through with glasses and contact lenses, but it wasn’t the…
Going wild in Pembrokeshire
YOU don’t have to jet off to foreign climes to find huge sandy beaches, miles of glorious rugged coastline and stunning wildlife. Pembrokeshire, in south-west Wales, offers all this and more and when the…
Jack the Flipper – dolphin killer
A ritualistic serial killer has slaughtered at least seven dolphins on the Gulf coast of the US, triggering a major police hunt for the culprit before the birthing season starts. Since the beginning of the…