Hornets
There’s surely not a more despised creature in Britain than the hornet. They have long been viewed as yellow jacketed…
Will Sizewell C see off the avocet?
There are many reasons why birds disappear — and why they return. The avocet, however, is probably the only one…
Why it’s boom time for bitterns
Bitterns are booming, both literally and metaphorically. These handsome brown birds from the heron family make a noise quite unlike…
Why egrets keep making headlines
There’s an unwritten rule in newspaper journalism that any story about egrets must have one of two headlines. Either ‘no…
Mothing is a serious business
As darkness falls, a group of mainly middle-aged men set up traps of various shapes and sizes — some sophisticated…
