Wild Barley

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A BLOG AND GALLERY OF WILDLIFE ADVENTURES

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Welcome to Wild Barley, a blog and gallery of wildlife adventures.

Read the latest blog below and browse the gallery through the link above.

Oh W’OWL!

February 7, 2019

Night in the forest. Blocks of densely planted pine trees crowd in close to the track. Narrow trunks, spindly branches and prickly needles are illuminated by the white beams of the car headlights, before disappearing into dark shadows once more. Immense piles of felled trunks, still caked in snow, are stacked by the side of … More Oh W’OWL!

The Wildlife Blog Collection

February 4, 2019

OK, so I didn’t win. But it was never about winning. At the end of last year I entered Wildlife Blogger of the Year 2018 run by Terra Incognita with my story of an encounter with Northern Resident orca off Vancouver Island, Canada. On the last day of the year the Judge’s Choice and the … More The Wildlife Blog Collection

Snow ‘drops’, fire ‘crest’ and ice ‘everywhere’

January 26, 2019

Winter had arrived with temperatures plummeting overnight. Ice gripped the landscape. Frosted white, minute crystals clung to every blade of grass and any leaf that dared remain on dark branches. Standing water had become locked under a lid of ice that was clear like a mirror, a miniature world trapped beneath, and opaque where it … More Snow ‘drops’, fire ‘crest’ and ice ‘everywhere’