This is a male black field cricket (Gryllus bimaculatus) and he and his friends are the reason why I’ve been a little quiet recently! I’ve been studying the effect of different social environments (who else is in the area) on the … Read More
I am super chuffed to announce that among some tropical, impressive, and very tough competition, my photo of a mother blackbird and my mums washing has come first in the Society of Biology Photography competition! Themed “Home, Habitat and Shelter”, … Read More
Last week I spent 5 nights on the surprisingly sunny island of Anglesey, just off the North West coast of Wales, on a university field trip to study the rockpool life. Our group decided to carry out a project on the … Read More
The Common Blue Butterfly, Polyommatus icarus, is one of the UK’s most widespread and easily found representatives of the little, cute and brightly coloured Lycaenidae family of butterflies, also including butterflies such as the green hair streak and small copper. They can … Read More
A few weeks ago I spent a couple of days of my week off in between uni and work around the Yorkshire coast; as well as taking a trip to the wonderful RSPB Bempton Cliffs, I took a couple of … Read More
The walk down the signposted path from the visitor centre towards the North Sea is at first quite unassuming. The path runs through scrubby grassland, with skylarks trilling high in the sky, tree sparrows fluttering from hedgerows and meadow pipits … Read More
All week I had been constantly comparing the BBC weather forecast with my social plans and trying to come up with a date to get out into the Peaks with my new MeFoto Roadtrip Tripod. Eventually I decided to bite … Read More
On another surprisingly summery morning last week in Sheffield I took a walk to the Sheffield Botanical gardens to see what was about to shoot! After running a few errands I got to the gardens by late morning and the … Read More
Exams are finished and the sun is shining! I took a little trip out to Weston Park situated bang slap next to my university one sunny morning to try and get some shots of the birds around the busy duck … Read More
Three years ago today, rather than being stuck indoors rattling through facts, figures, studies and latin names, I was enjoying a sunny weekend in the North York Moors, can you guess which year I’d rather be in right now? More … Read More
