Cottongrass

The salmon and the bear

Right trees, wrong places

The beauty of birdsong

Green J is back again

Orcas and seals

Quiet pride over red kites

Big fish

The bonnie heather hills of Scotland

Days in a real forest

Cheaper food and poorer farming

Caring for our planet - a Minister’s responsibilities Selective land management in Abernethy Forest

The tragedy of rare flowers

Bring back the beaver

The importance of traditional cattle to biodiversity

Giant pandas and thoughts of home

Always remember the bigger picture

The ecology of changing goose numbers

Bearded vulture and a lack of carrion

Storks and people

The danger of downpours

Rewilding: ecological restoration

Here today – gone tomorrow

A good day with red squirrels

Let’s have a sacred mountain

The Assassin of the Night

The decline of swifts and martins

All in a name

Too many badgers

Bounty from the seas

Thoughts on wild red grouse

Is the common mole a soil canary?

Nature’s networks

Lynx kittens in my pockets

Genes and the future of wildlife management

The optimism of Spring

Capercaillies and crofters’ cows

White stoat, green grass

Chance and the Wilson’s warbler

Insect Armageddon

New Year Birding

Sea eagles on Sunday

The deaf birder’s bird and the elusive lynx

Golden eagles – a new future

Looking at a footprint and thinking ‘Bear!’

Nature and the problems of tidiness

Why mentors matter

The true worth of nature

Our place on the planet

The invader from the Orient

Ecological resilience for our grandchildren’s grandchildren