Views of the Ock

There are many reasons to be grateful for living near the university city of Oxford: The Ashmolean and University of Oxford Natural Histor...

Most wildlife enthusiasts visit the Isle of Wight to see Red Squirrels (as this blog did back in 2011:  http://viewsoftheock.blogspot.co.uk/...

After the midweek rain, the river levels have once again risen, yet it does not look like it will burst it's banks this time. . ...

When we think of ground breaking wildlife documentaries we probably think of exotic locations and animals, like snow leopards hunting in th...

For some time the Environment Agency has been posting the river levels from their measuring stations on-line.   But it can be some what dif...

For a blog about the River Ock, it has hardly featured as a subject since May last year.  So a gap in rain and gales on Sunday afternoon pro...

Some  perennial plants such as daffodils, snowdrops and crocuses survive the hardships of winter by accumulating food in their bulbs and the...