Category Archives: Lockdown Diary

Just as I was beginning to think I needed a new title for this BLOG the government pressed ‘refresh’ and a brand new lockdown is coming… only about a month after it should have done… yet more lives lost through … Continue reading →

As the old joke goes… Q: “Do you like Kipling?” A: “I don’t know, I’ve never kippled” When I was ten or eleven years old Rudyard Kipling was my favourite poet. Sure, I liked the Jungle Book too, but it … Continue reading →

There is nothing quite like a walk in the woods in Autumn. Just the pattern of the leaf litter is a thing of immense beauty, surpassing anything achievable by man. Nature creates pleasing forms and consistent shapes of leafs, lichen, … Continue reading →

As it was so windy we abandoned a planned birding outing, deciding, instead, to spend an hour in the chestnut coppice and oak of East Blean Wood and look for new fungi. The first find of the day is a … Continue reading →

If you bird in the same area over many years you are bound to see some good birds; rarities and unexpected views, seasonal specialities and just birds you love. The odd thing is, you cannot help but check out a … Continue reading →

Decided to pop out before lunch to see if anything was on the sea. I went to a likely spot to find it cordoned off… apparently David Schwimmer was filming an Ad? So went down to Minnis Bay instead. Although … Continue reading →

With the change in the weather I am bound to muse more and take fewer photos. Summer sun warms and lifts the spirits and other seasons can be be more subdued, but need not be depressing. Even on overcast and … Continue reading →

If the summer of lockdown was characterised by the companionable song of the Blackbird, since the clocks went back it is now characterised by the slightly melancholy song of the Robin. I watch him calling from the fencepost each morning … Continue reading →

Here are the last few identified mushrooms for East Blean Woods. Split Fibrecap Inocybe rimosa While I know its not an issue I am always reluctant to kick over a fungi fruiting body… luckily for me it had already happened … Continue reading →

The more fungi I see the more I am fascinated by their variety of forms, colour, pattern and associated habitat. They are not as exciting to me as birds, but they have one massive advantage, they don’t fly off and … Continue reading →