To see anything truly rare in the UK usually requires a long journey to some remote corner of Scotland. Not so for the Heath Fritillary...

This time last year I'd never knowingly seen a newt outside of a book or a TV programme. Then, in a pond not far from where I work, I sp...

If  Wikipedia  is to be believed (and if Millwall vs West Ham doesn't count), Bossenden Wood is the site of the last battle fought on En...

As beautiful as the Kent countryside and its surrounding coastline is, you know that wherever you go, you're never too far away from a r...

Over the last few weeks, at a single small pond in Canterbury, I've seen several of these: ...some of these: ...one of these: ...

The commonest species of wagtail in the UK is the black-and-white Pied Wagtail , which (according to some sources) is actually a sub-spe...