When Little Rosemary was rescued, she weighed only 2.63 grams and was a tiny, late-born, injured, sticky-winged, and mite-infested pup. As she grew, the small tear in her wing membrane became a 1cm hole, the little white patch, located to the right of her fifth...
It's May! As the weather gets warmer pregnant female bats gather together in warm, safe places to have their babies. These roosts are called maternity roosts. Some groups of bats return to the same site every year. Most bats will have a single baby, called a...
Today's bat was either a Ralph or a Lauren. Transpires we have a Ralph…another BLE. He was seen pitched on a wall behind a lit water feature last night and was still there this morning. If he had dropped he would’ve fallen a metre into the water and been unable to get...
April 9th On the way home tonight after a successful Sydney Pip. bat release, Brian said: ‘How long do you think it will be before you get another one?’ ‘How long will you be bat free?’ 9 p.m Just curled up, munching on cheese and biscuits and my phone pinged. Bat...
A tradition since medieval times has been the Easter Rabbit or Easter Hare. A folklore figure, the hare has symbolised Easter but more often than not has been represented as an Easter bunny. In German tradition, the hare would judge whether children had been...
A new addition to my site. My Larmer Tree Temple artwork is now available as a Sepia Print and a Charcoal Grey fine art print. Larmer Tree Temple is one of the many ornate buildings situated within the Larmer Tree Gardens, Tollard Royal. I've recently received a...
The New Year started off with a lovely order for a client in the US: a Peacock at Larmer Tree Fine Art Print plus a Larmer Tree Temple Fine Art Print. I was asked if I would also include my history as an artist whilst living at the Larmer Tree, plus any information...
On my way home from the studio, it was raining and the light was fading. I drove around a steep corner and was confronted with a huge branch lying across my side of the road. I parked up with my hazard lights flashing and spent a while trying to move it, but it...
https://youtube.com/shorts/WH41rZPr2qY?feature=share They visited me at home and at work, my lovely free-flying feathered buddies, filmed in 2017.