Here be dragons (and damsels)
Our blogger enjoys some close encounters with fascinating flying insects at Potteric Carr.
Blog: Wildlife sightings
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Breathtaking butterflies and magnificent moths
Our blogger finds insects to set your heart aflutter at a former quarry in East Yorkshire.
A cuckoo in the west
Our blogger goes in search of one of the best known – but rarely seen – signs of spring.
Virtuoso visitors
Our blogger finds long-distance travellers in good voice at Wheldrake Ings.
One bittern, quite shy
Our blogger sets out to track down a master of disguise at North Cave Wetlands…
Photographing Yorkshire's Wildlife in Winter
The Yorkshire winter might feel bleak at first glance. Bare trees, frosty mornings, and short days but for wildlife photographers, it offers a magical stage to capture the secret lives of the…
Glorious mud and winter waders
Our blogger spends a day at Paull Holme Strays Nature Reserve...
The great getaway: autumn migration at Spurn National Nature Reserve
I’m walking along a beach under a big sky. The waves shimmer in the dazzling sunlight. Where the sea meets the sky, the clouds look like a great bank of snow. Higher up, they grow wispier, among…
A nature paradise on the edge of the city: a visit to Askham Bog
I pick my way slowly through the tangle of vegetation, placing my welly-clad feet down carefully on the rough, marshy ground. This place is teeming with life – buzzing, fluttering, rustling.…
Butterfly bounty: a hot, sunny day at Brockadale
It’s a sight to stop you in your tracks – dozens of butterflies clustered in one spot. I watch, fascinated, as they flutter and feed together. But these green-veined whites haven’t been attracted…