Category | Animals & Wildlife

Barkotti, a doggie biscotti review

Posted on 17 October 2008

Meet Manson, Dylan and Ozzi aka ‘The Lovely Boys’ and my gourmet guests for this doggie biscotti review.

So, let me tell you about this special dog biscuit, cutely named ‘Barkotti’. The canine companion treat by Dr Harvey’s is handmade using only natural and organic ingredients. It boasts an impressive list of qualities which, it seems, [...]

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Japan dolphin day 2008 and some food for thought

Posted on 07 September 2008

In London on Wednesday 3rd September, as a representative of the fantastic organisation Campaign Whale, I joined one of the 25 peaceful protests taking place outside Japanese Embassies around the world. Various animal welfare organisations joined forces and together united, protested against Japans continued slaughter of around 20,000 small cetaceans (dolphins, porpoises and small [...]

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It’s time for chickens…

Posted on 16 July 2008

Maybe I’m nuts, but the boys (3 and 1!) and I have decided it’s time to get some chickens. As long as the landlord agrees!
We’ve got plenty of space in the garden for them to cluck around and a stable that would keep them safe at night.
We’ve even got friends who have offered to look [...]

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Lyme Bay Saved

Posted on 12 July 2008

Lyme Bay Reefs on the Devon / Dorset coast is one of the UK’s finest marine wildlife sites and thanks to a successful campaign conducted by the Wildlife Trusts in conjunction with excellent support from members of the public, an area of 60sq miles has been protected from commercial scallop dredging.

I first reported about [...]

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Save our seals

Posted on 14 June 2008

When I watch wildlife documentaries I love to see playful seals and I would love to take part in a seal watching expedition in Scotland or even on the South East Coast of England (Margate in Kent is becoming a hot spot for seal spotting).

However these popular marine mammals which help attract wildlife tourists to [...]

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Nature’s Baby Boom

Posted on 25 May 2008

This is the most amazing time of year, everywhere you look there’s new life.
Flowers are beginning to bloom, birds are preparing their nests, tiny rabbit kittens graze on the grassy roadsides - there is ‘ahhh factor’ galore!
Even in our own back garden we’ve had some special babies this year. For the first time the frogs [...]

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Balloon Litter

Posted on 04 May 2008

I have to admit it but we don’t have the best view from our front room window. In fact for lovely leafy Leamington it’s perhaps not the best view or most typical of our town. I live opposite a car show room that has flags flying in the daytime, lights glaring at night time [...]

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Wild Surveying: Mammals

Posted on 31 March 2008

Who’s your favourite Wildlife presenter? My personal favourite has always been David Attenborough who inspired me at a young age to connect with nature. Through his programmes and many other wildlife documentaries I felt inspired to watch real wildlife and undertake some nature surveying of my own, and whilst it was only my back garden [...]

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Positive Conservation News: Neolithic Wildwood for Wales

Posted on 28 March 2008

Houses, flats, shopping centres and commercial properties are being built everywhere these days. You would think that nowhere was safe from development!
Think again! Organisations such as the Wildlife Trusts are reviewing planning thousands and thousands of planning applications in order to try and protect greenbelt and even brown field sites from being unnecessarily or [...]

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Celebrate spring

Posted on 21 March 2008

It’s officially spring for those of us who live in the northern hemisphere, which means that this weekend it is also the time of the year in which many people all over the world will be celebrating the Christian tradition of Easter.
However STOP! Before you all gorge on chocolate Easter eggs (vegan, fair-trade & organic of [...]

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