The start of the journey. My sleep addled brain found this to be the most interesting part of Abu Dhabi Airport. A steady flight out to Abu Dhabi contained a couple of superhero films and little else. Arriving at the airport in darkness I waited around the gate after a coffee pep up scanning for birds. Obviously the first ones were Feral Pigeon. Were messing about along with Little Pied Cormorant.

A Day In the Life of a Wildlife Artist. Monday, July 27, 2015. The weasel kits continue to entertain me outside my kitchen window. Weasels are often mistaken for stoats. But as they are much smaller and, as it was too early for stoat k.

Stay tuned for my June nature diary which I plan to have up by the end of the month.

Buzzard oiling the wheels of commerce with its lust fuelled advertising. Blue tit bringing everything around to himself. The smuggest stock dove I have ever encountered. Robin in autumn smudge plummage. Kestrel milking the air butter. Greenfinch tailor weaving tiny trousers for a ghost. Coal tit; does not burn as well as its name suggests. One and a bit mediterranean gulls.

A tree near Wombwell Ings was probably Black.

Sunday, 16 April 2017. The hotel was pretty rammoed this afternoon, kids hunting for Easter Eggs and families wandering everywhere. Centipede dashed away from beneath one log and I suddenly realised I was completely without pots. I quickly grabbed a few plus my camera in case anything else of interest was discovered. Best sighting was a Brandling Worm Eisenia foetida.