Wandering through the allies and small squares of London today whilst on the way to a meeting at the Museum of London, I encountered this small Square. Besides a new development the sides of the south facing walls were adorned with steel wires up which various ‘Hedera’ [Ivy] species were climbing.
The view form the visitor centre of Head-Smashed-in-Buffalo-Jumping – of the Rockies and Prairie
Travelling through Kananaskis County, Alberta. I came across a bridge over a river in a lovely valley. Cliff Swallows swarmed around collecting mud from the river banks for the nests. In a rough bit of grassland besides the car park, a Lark Sparrow collected what looked like caterpillars. Bobbing on the rocks a couple of [...]
The Hen Harrier – Northern Harrier – is a quintessential bird of the marshes and rough grazing meadow of the Thames Estuary in winter. Harriering above the winter grass and marsh. Here in Alberta it is the same – the raptor most encountered and the epitome of the vast expanse of the prairie and agricultural [...]
The bee hive is installed. The garden green roof is planted. And now there are plans afoot to green up the rest of the 3500m2 of roofspace currently an ugly grey green too. This would be one of the largest retrofits in London and could demonstrate the way forward in helping London adapt to climate [...]
Writing-the-Stone National Park with its weird moonscape of hoodoos and cliffs is a natural home for the Rock Wren. A new bird for me this male seemed intent on patrolling his territory with both aggression bursts of song.
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