A tiny squirrel with white stripes up tawny brown flanks runs diagonally towards the camera from a patch of shade. The squirrel has its tail up and the desert ground is sandy with the odd bit of dry vegetation in the foreground and a small shrub on the left of the image making the patch of shade it is leaving.

Desert adventures in California

I wrote about a trip to America way back in 2015 but on that…
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Robberfly, Promachus leoninus

A Mediterranean Macro Safari

It had been a while since the last time I led a holiday that…
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Mount Chelmos and its endemic butterflies

In my last post I wrote about the first half of the Butterflies of Greece tour that I led for Greenwings this summer. This week I'm continuing the story and starting where I left off having left our base in Delphi
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Parnassos Mazarine Blue

Butterflies on the slopes of Mount Parnassos

Back in the summer, I led another Butterflies of Greece tour for Greenwings Wildlife Holidays. This was a repeat of last year's tour which centres round the Gulf of Corinth
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British Swallowtails

British Swallowtails: A Norfolk delight

It's been a while since my last post because I've had so much…
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Grizzled Skipper, Białowieża Forest

Białowieża Forest, a primeval part of a modern world

Last week I wrote about the first half of a fantastic tour to…
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