A celebration of wildlife in the UK and around the world and a clarion call.
My blog, a continuation of my recently published book, Animal Wild, includes news from HART wildlife rescue in Hampshire where I volunteer, wildlife and nature photography, short book reviews (mostly but not entirely of books on similar themes), newsletter round-ups and news on threats to wildlife and the environment and what various organisations and protest groups are doing about it.
Opinions expressed in this blog in no way represent those of the Hart Wildlife Rescue Board of Trustees, management, staff or other volunteers, they are entirely my own.
Both Animal Wild (£30 plus p&p) and my first book, Animal Trust (now with 25% discount, £15 plus p&p), are available to order simply by e-mailing me at julian.rota@hotmail.com. More details on my first main post below, Animal Wild January / February 2024.
Photographs throughout the blog are mine unless stated otherwise.
List of recent posts below. For earlier posts see archives at the foot of the page: Mar 2024 etc. or see a full list here Wild Menu – Animal Wild
Animal Wild
- Iris
- An end to live exports at last
- Oxeye daisies and ladybirds
- The RSPCA and a king
- A much too close encounter with a deer
- A Short History of the World in 50 Lies
- A bee close-up
- Motorway gantry signs again
- A bee, a wasp and a very tiny moth
- A Horse in Full and PETA
- RSPB Pulborough Brooks Nature Reserve
- Brian Phelan, Rest in Peace, 1934-2024
- Police & Crime Commissioners
- Pixie Bks
- Just a few more garden photos
- A commonplace student’s commonplace book. Part II
- A commonplace student’s commonplace book. Part I
- Colonialism, the British Empire and the Buggery Act
- Fractal ferns
- A wasp
- A poet called Norrie
- Wildlife rescue – news from HART January / February 2024
- Creating beauty from brutality. Mulberry Mongoose
- Crufts and flat-faced dogs
- Royal Pigeons
- Right to Roam
- Birdwatch magazine, April & May 2024
- Rwanda
- The Garrick Club part II: when luvvies attack
- Beaver bombs part II