Glis glis

Happy Easter all! We went to Slapton Ley yesterday, and saw lots of nice birds including a Cetti’s warbler (which rather bizarrely seemed to have white wing bars), and a marsh harrier =D
The Cetti’s warbler song is very loud and distinctive (especially when it’s going on all around you), but you’ve got to love Simon […]

I finally finished this! =) A cheetah, painted in acrylics, 22.5×30cm…

Fossil animals found in Arctic Canada provide a snapshot of fish evolving into land animals
Always fascinating stuff =) Wish I still had a subscription to scientific journals…. one of several things I miss about being a student!

It’s the last episode of BBC’s Planet Earth series tomorrow (until Autumn)… I’ve been watching it avidly, as they truely do show stunning and unique footage of wildlife =D All narrated by the incomparable Sir David Attenborough, of course =)
Memorable scenes include slow-motion footage of a great white shark taking seal prey, crab-eating macaques swimming underwater, and a snow leopard hunting […]