Peter Moore's Wildlife Blog

No, not a new species of duck, just a reference to a year when bad luck (and/or bad judgement) combined to produce more than my fair share o...

A good forecast, the last for a while, and no commitments today (ditto) saw me heading for Portland Harbour again for more leisurely study o...

The discovery of a Brünnich's Guillemot in Portland Harbour this morning could only have strained more relations if it had turned up 24 ...

Still at the mercy of the rest of the family for trips out and they have gone beyond the point where indulging Dad is a selfless act of loya...

Sitting round the house with a face longer than the John Lewis Christmas ad finally did the trick last weekend: the family took pity and acc...

Week three of enforced inactivity as my collarbone slowly heals. The psychological damage of not going out is almost as bad as the physical,...

On 20th November a posting on the  Birds of Poole Harbour website hinted at the presence of a Whopper Swan Cygnus bubula in the Frome Vall...