BADGER: mighty burrower needs to keep its head down again
POWERFULLY built, yet shy and elusive, the badger is an animal which sparks almost as much controversy and debate in the countryside as...
FROG: pond study leads me to take a sudden unwelcome dip
EACH spring, lakes and ponds across the country are decorated with that glutenous, jelly-like substance known as frogspawn - the starting...
BLUE-TIT: water pistol drives off marauding predators
SMALLER, but more cocksure and adventurous, perhaps it isn't surprising that the blue-tit was recently found to have overtaken the...
HARE: arriving unannounced by crashing through a hedge
BIG, sleek and fast, the hare is an impressive native of the countryside, though a creature which is spotted less and less as its normal...
MOUSE: great white hunter sets out to bag the interloper
MY wife spotted it, a tiny flash of fur darting to a patch of peanut crumbs beneath the patio bird feeder in our back garden. Then it...
KESTREL: predator dines royally at a town centre car park
GRACEFUL and deadly, the kestrel can hover like the most sophisticated military helicopter above its prey before choosing the right...