Views of the Ock

Wildlife cameraman and filmmaker Stephen de Vere ( https://twitter.com/Stephen_deVere ) has been making a film about river wildlife  - River...

There is only so much that can be written about water voles, otter poo and the occasional fungus, hence only 15 posts in the past year and t...

Some of the great sights of autumn - a murmation of starlings and the fungus in a English woodland can be see in Oxfordshire. Yet what is...

I received the following comment from Becky in a previous post. Hi. Could you recomend a book or website to get me started on identifying ...

Buddleias are popular plants - they don't require any maintenance and quickly fill a gap in the garden with impressive and attractive fl...

Making the most of the respite from the recent rain, the garden has proved popular with the bees. Building upon the success of previous s...

Following Martin's previous comment, I chose to have a walk along the Lower Ock and immediately there are signs of water vole activity: ...