GoPro Animals on My Travels and Wanders
The Gopro is one piece of kit I carry with me most of the time. Local walks or high climbs sometimes prohibits carrying of a bigger proper camera around or maybe I just want to…
Wildflower Wanders in the Eden Valley
We live in a lovely valley in Cumbria, called the Eden Valley. It is perhaps less well known than its Cumbrian near neighbour the Lake District National Park. The valley’s rolling drumlins, rich agricultural grasslands,…
Rapeseed Fields in Shropshire and the Promise of Summer
Daffodils herald the Spring and these days and Rapeseed the promise of Summer. But this is a fairly recent addition to the English countryside isn’t it; pretty much non existent 10 years ago? In my…
Hello, I’m Bea The Lurcher
A big woofin hello! Welcome to a new category here on BaldHiker, Bea’s world! A lot of you have been asking so many questions about me on Twitter and Facebook etc I thought it was…
Garden Camera Highlights – In The Eden Valley, Cumbria
One of the many joys I had living in the Eden Valley, Cumbria was the variety and amount of wildlife that came to the garden. You could look out of the window at any time…
Walking with Butterflies
In the Summer months, just in time for the school holidays; the Natural History Museum in London opens its doors to a wonderful butterfly house. Here is a place where dedicated staff make it their…
A Walk on the Wild Side…. In London’s Southwark Woods
I recently visited a pocket of London that remains wonderfully ‘wild’. A ‘secret’ woodland that delights local people and visitors alike. Locals have named them Southwark Woods – referring to an area of trees, wildflower…
Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve
I crossed the Russian River north on my way to Guerneville and the Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve, Sonoma County, California. The reserve is a destination I had always wanted to see. It was set…
Harbor Seals at Goat Rock Beach, Sonoma County
In a previous post I wrote about Bodega Bay; it’s now time to travel a little further North along the meandering coastal road to Goat Rock Beach. This beach is on a sand spit formed…
Canada – Bear watching in Tofino
In the summer of 2013 we travelled to Vancouver Island, where we stayed in Tofino for a few days. Tofino is well known for its great surfing spots, rugged coastline and wildlife. We went for…
The Isle of Staffa And Its Puffins
The Isle of Staffa is a beautiful and uninhabited (approximately 80 acres) small rocky island off the west coast of Mull that is home to a fascinating and comical seabird – the Puffin. It is…
Galapagos Islands – A Journey With Unique Animals
When most people think about the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, they probably know something of its unusual wildlife and maybe that Charles Darwin visited. Of course the trip to the Galapagos was special for Darwin, but…
