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.

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A river ramble

March 1, 2019

An unseasonably warm February had brought out pockets of beautiful spring flowers, adding splashes of yellow and purple to the white clusters of snowdrops. Bees buzzed around patches of purple and white heather, and I caught glimpses of my first brimstone, comma and red admiral butterflies of the year. The sky was an impossible shade … More A river ramble

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