NATURE REFLECTIONS Blog

I thought of my friend’s tale of her own visit to Stonehenge on a cold British morning as I shivered in the ticket...

18 July, 2017 / 0 Comments

“New” seems to be a relative term in England and in the case of the New Forest, “new” dates back to 1079 when...

03 July, 2017 / 0 Comments

Pineland gave way to rolling dunes, dunes so expansive that the ocean beyond went nearly forgotten. It was low tide and the waves...

19 June, 2017 / 0 Comments

Titchwell, I was told by the pair of local birders I’d met while watching spoonbill courtship (see my previous blog), was THE place...

05 June, 2017 / 0 Comments

Marsh Harrier in flight. A pile of whipped cream and strawberries sat before me as word rippled through lunch at the lovely Victoria Inn...

29 May, 2017 / 1 Comment

Oystercatchers Mud flats stretched before me for what seemed like miles. Waves lapped at one far off edge, but seemed too distant to threaten...

22 May, 2017 / 0 Comments

I regretted leaving my camera at the hotel my first day in England. As I wandered Cambridge’s lovely meadows and gardens, songbirds new...

15 May, 2017 / 0 Comments

It’s been about a year since I relocated from my proven wildlife-friendly yard in Key Biscayne to a new home in Coconut Grove....

19 April, 2017 / 5 Comments

My heart sank at our boatman’s words, “I can’t get you any closer than that!”The backlit blob thirty-something feet above, mostly hidden by...

22 February, 2017 / 0 Comments