Creative Journal
This beautiful and fascinating creature is a by-the-wind sailor, one of many that had washed up on a local beach in recent high winds. Rather like the Portuguese man o’ war, by-the-wind-sailors are not jellyfish but colonial hydrozoans, creatures composed of a...
I have often seen seals from the coast path and even heard them ‘singing’ from time to time. Usually just one or two and always by just by chance, since I have very little knowledge of when or where to look out for them. Recently however, I got chatting to a chap who...
Harvest mice have incredibly good hearing and are very quick to escape, which makes them extremely difficult to see. However, if you know where to look, and you get really lucky, you might just find evidence of where they live. Good harvest mice habitat is long...
While February skies often shroud our world in a palette of grey and douse us with rain, this is a great time of year to witness an energising sunrise or even a heart warming sunset. Witnessing the sun rise or set is fantastic for our wellbeing. It reminds us of our...
Look who I found just mooching along the coast path. This is a Black Slug. I’m going to have to admit that since stepping on one in the dark, barefoot, slugs are not exactly my favourite creatures. But getting right up close to this one has helped me see them in a...
The first signs of spring remind us that longer days and warmer weather are not too far away. Look out for these teeny tiny, bright pink hazel flowers that will be starting to blossom alongside the catkins. Hard to spot, but a real treasure to find. Hazel trees have...
Today the sun finally came out, the beach beckoned and I considered the world from a new perspective. As I wandered freely along the shoreline, investigating things that drew my attention, I was reminded of being a child. I found myself inquisitively exploring the...
I got a little bit excited the other morning when I found these feathers. They were scattered across a small area under the canopy of a mature beech in a woodland I was exploring. I was pretty sure they weren’t the usual pheasant or buzzard varieties that I so often...
Wandering along the beach, a bracing wind blowing spray in my face, I noticed this beautiful mussel shell sitting empty and alone. As with many of the stray artefacts I encounter, I picked it up. Perhaps to decide if it should spend a while in my pocket, perhaps just...
Last weekend, while exploring a woodland I had not been to before, I noticed the exposed soil and roots of a fallen larch. Many trees had been left to rot where they fell, creating important habitats for... well I wasn’t entirely sure, so I had a poke around. Amongst...
The robust and sculptural flowers of the ivy provide essential nectar late in the year when many other flowers have faded. These plants are often busy with hoverflies, wasps, bees and numerous butterfly species. Today I spotted my first (and probably last) painted...
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