We have had a few weeks with minimal visits by the otters, as the river has been quite high. This week, when I checked the Yew View...

My pond was one of the first things I added to the garden… once I had cleared it, some 20 years ago! The garden was completely overgrown...

There is often a bit of a lull in my garden, in terms of wildlife, at the end of the summer and beginning of the Autumn. The garden never...

I am obsessed with bird feeders! I have lots and lots of bird feeders and I always love it when something a bit different comes out. CJ...

It was a most stunning day at YewView this week! An early mist soon burnt off, leaving clear blue skies and wonderful warm sunny weather....

You may remember on Springwatch earlier in the year, there was a piece about how you can make your own, very simple trail camera using a...

Summer seemed to end rather abruptly and we accelerated in Autumn at an alarming pace! One minute we were in shorts and the ground was...

I have very nearly finished the Yew View Tawny box now. It now has two internal cameras and, last week, Dave and I moved the external...

Just before I headed up to Scotland, Dave and I wanted to get the Yew View new tawny box up. The tawnies have a period where they don’t...

Back in June, after having numerous discussions with Nick Burton, Open Spaces Officer, at Lichfield Council, we managed to get the...

One of the elements of my visit, to Hillockhead, that I was most looking forward to was exploring the local area with Tim to discover...

When I told friends I was going to the Black Isle, most did not know where it was. The Black Isle is, in fact,  a peninsula in the...

As I drove into the car park of Bird Fair 2018, at Rutland Water, I could not believe that another year had passed! It only seems like...

I always have a huge list of things I want to achieve over the summer, when I theoretically have 2 extra days to my week when I am not...

When I heard from good friend, Pete Walkden, that his little owls were around and active, I was keen to get down to see them and also to...

It has been great to check the cameras at Yew View and know that our tawny family are very much still around on site, especially as Dave...

You may remember that Ellie Harrison and Countryfile visited Yew View in 2016, to film a piece about the work I am doing there. We had a...

When I made a new waterhole out of old tyres, for a piece I filmed with Countryfile Diaries in February, I could never have predicted how...

I have known John Little for over 5 years now. We first met when I attended one of his green roof sessions when I first decided to create...

We have had a busy couple of weeks at Yew View, taking the opportunity at this quiet time for wildlife, to prepare for next year. It may...

Every year, at the beginning of June, I start thinking about taking my Bushnell trail cams up to Silver Trees Holiday Park, on the edge...

After the success with the Bushnell and 60cm close-up lens on the CJWildlife bird bath, I decided to try with the 46cm lens. This lens...

The patio end of my garden is a real sun trap, yet the small beds are rocky and difficult to plant successfully. I have always opted for...

With this incredibly hot and dry spell, I have water out in lots of places for the wildlife of my garden. My pond, the tyre water holes...