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Of White-Tailed Sea Eagles and Overactive Imaginations
The Scottish Gamekeepers Association (SGA) has irrevocably proven that they have an overactive imagination. In a letter to the Scottish Government’s Environment Minister Stuart Stevenson the SGA requested a public inquiry and the formulation of an “exit strategy” in the event of white-tailed sea eagles (Haliaeetus albicilla) having adverse effects on social, economic or leisure […]
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Liquid Gold
May 16, 2011
The U.K. has been revelling in the recent weather with the absence of rain that plagues the nation in the cooler months being a hot topic for many. I will readily admit that I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to get out into the great outdoors more frequently but while there it was obvious that wildlife, crops […]
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Creating Real Estate for our Avain Friends
March 3, 2011
It’s not only humans that are struggling to find property in the economic downturn. Our avian friends are struggling too. Our love of over manicured gardens and woodlands together with making those long awaited home “improvements”, such as fitting new eves, leave little room for birds to establish nesting sites and can destroy ones that […]
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British Butterflies: Swallowtail (Papilio machaon britannicus)
February 13, 2011
Taxonomic classification Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Papilionidae Genus Papilio Species machaon Subspecies: britannicus Introduction Of the twelve European representatives of the family Papilionidae, Papilio machaon subsp. britannicus (Seitz, 1907; The British Swallowtail) is the only U.K. endemic1,2. P. machaon subsp. britannicus is not only the largest butterfly […]
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An Ode to Wetlands
February 6, 2011
On February 2nd each year World Wetlands Day marks the anniversary of the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance especially as Waterfowl Habitat (Ramsar, Iran, 1971). This year celebrated 40 years since the signing of the commonly termed Ramsar Convention and I’m ashamed to say it was all new to me. I’d known about Ramsar […]
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A graduate in search of her inner scientist, trees to climb, butterflies to chase, tortoises to hang out with and maybe... just maybe... a PhD.
A Scientist in the Making 
September 7, 2011
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