Monthly Archives: December 2011

Dream first… Reality will come. BD

Central Apennines, Italy. 23 February 2011 – 7.00 AM Last February, I have been sitting for a total of seventy hours over ten days on the same spot. Sitting on the very same turf almost every sunrise and sunset. In … Continue reading

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A late Christmas card. NB

  Following my friend and colleague, Pete Cairn’s recent advice about not criticising cats, I’ll just light the blue touch paper and stand back.        

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You amount more than the things you own. OK!! NB

If you are reading this post on Christmas Day then you are the perfect audience for this piece by Jeffrey Kaplan published in Orion‘s May/June 2008 issue. In it he provides the most lucid account of the origins and intentions … Continue reading

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Word pictures. NB

We live in a visually illiterate age. Few of us are educated to analyse and interpret images; to think critically about their content or even understand the creator’s intention. Too often we look only at the surface of pictures, at … Continue reading

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“Ornata: The world’s most beautiful chamois.” by Bruno D’Amicis . PHD

If variety is the spice of life then La Vita Italiana might be termed a ‘Vindaloo”. Most days I end up thinking that things have turned out quite differently from what I might have imagined at first light…. Recently, one … Continue reading

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Revealing Beauty in Motion. CB

Spider mom from Amprods on Vimeo. Isn’t this an amazing little video by Alvaro Mendoza Productions? When I think of all of the small-world processes occurring as close as my own backyard which, as far as I can tell have … Continue reading

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Conservation – But Not In My Bird Reserve. A guest post by Andrew Mason.

Every so often we hear stories from friends and colleagues in personal correspondence that deserve a wider airing. This one comes from wildlife photographer (and refugee from the world of corporate law), Andrew Mason about dark doings on his own … Continue reading

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Whale Fall (After Life of a Whale). CB

Whale Fall (after life of a whale) from Sharon Shattuck on Vimeo. Although some of you may have seen this already, I had to share it again. This video represents such a clever way to illustrate a complex biological process. … Continue reading

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Book Exchange. CB

For better or for worse, I am one of those people who doesn’t seem to need as much sleep as most. To fill in the late night hours I tend to read a lot and as a result am often … Continue reading

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Piotr Naskrecki’s “Relics” Evokes Sadness and Wonder. CB

Most of us can recall a moment when we discovered a book that altered the way that we look at life. For me, the discovery of Piotr Naskrecki’s breathtaking work, The Smaller Majority, was a game changer. I literally stared … Continue reading

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