A few years ago I was approached by a German film crew which wanted to make a film about the beavers at the river Otter , their impact on...

It is middle of the summer and the yearlings are doing well, but without their almost tame mum they have become much shyer and it had...

April 2023. 2 months after Mrs Bob disappeared. The yearlings regularly come back to the big tree that has come down in the last storm...

After the loss of Mrs Bob the beaver family has moved further downstream to what was usually the maternity lodge. The yearlings are...

Last years youngsters are exploring the riverside, munching on ivy and bramble. What we didn't know when we were watching and filming the...

It is still early in the year, the nights are long and cold. The beaver family is in their winter lodge quite close to the village....

2023. It 's early in the year, beginning of February. The nights are long and cold but the beavers are out. Last years kits are now...

It is close to the end of the year, the nights are drawing in and it's getting quite cold. The beavers are spending lots of time making...

End of July - beginning of August the beaver kits are finally coming out! Mrs Bob is letting them out mainly under the cover of darkness...

The mature female wasp seeks out adult female ladybirds. One egg is planted in the host's soft underbelly. The wasp larva hatches after...

It is mid of July and finally Mrs Bob is letting her kits out. They are already quite big , she has kept them well hidden for a while....

Its about a year ago that I saw Mrs Bob, the beaver mum, the last time before she disappeared. Still got lots of videos of hers from the...

2023-2024 was a rare waxwing winter in the UK, instead of staying in Scandinavia hundreds of Bohemian Waxwing , Bombycilla garrulus, came...

Its middle of July and still no sign of this years kits. I am getting a bit worried. Though Mrs Bob clearly shows signs of lactating. She...

Grey plovers and other waders murmurating at a Somerset coast, being chased up by a Peregrine falcon. Listening to the calls of the birds...

With some young kits in the lodge Mrs Bob is looking for the best food around. And if that's growing right next to the foot path she will...

Beside stuffing her own belly with fresh willow leaves and bark, Mrs Bob is bringing lots of fresh green back to the lodge which...

It's mid of June when Mrs Bob showed us her belly with some clearly visible nipples. We got kits again! It will take a while until they...

Beside foraging for edible mushrooms we are always out looking for mushrooms and fungi and at the moment there are so many specil ones...

The young lampreys are blind filter feeders, feeding on detritus and other organic matter for three to five years before maturing. After...