# Walking With Daddy
> A blog about instilling a love of nature and the great outdoors into my daughters. 
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## Pages
- [About Walking With Daddy](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/about.md) - Walking With Daddy is a blog about the great outdoors, the climate crisis and raising the next generation to understand about the role that nature plays in their lives. It’s written by a 40-something father of two girls, living on the south coast, not terribly far from Brighton. Please subscribe to…
- [Home](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/home.md) - Welcome to Walking With Daddy, a site about nature, the great outdoors and sharing those things with your family. It's written by the father of two growing daughters, and explores the whole family's attempts to escape the screen and forge a healthy relationship with the outdoors.
- [Osprey Chat](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/osprey.md) - A chat forum for discussion of ospreys, and a winter home for migratory osprey fanatics.
- [Outdoors Podcasts](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/outdoors-podcasts.md) - Some recommended listening for those who love the outdoors.

## Posts
- [A sparrowhawk on Shoreham Beach](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/a-sparrowhawk-on-shoreham-beach.md) - Our first morning back at home after a week camping transformed from quiet and sleepy to excited in an instant. One of my daughters spotted a bird of prey in the back garden. I grabbed my camera, slapped on my longer lens, and tried to grab some decent images of what seemed to be a young female spa…
- [Late Summer at Woods Mill](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/late-summer-at-woods-mill.md) - Secret dens and dirty hands at the Sussex nature reserve
- [Escaping the heat in the woods](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/escaping-the-heat-in-the-woods.md) - Rambling amongst the trees at Pulborough Brooks.
- [Kingley Vale: a first walk](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/kingley-vale-a-first-walk.md) - Images from our inaugural walk in the nature reserve
- [Christmas tree time at Spithandle Nursery](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/christmas-tree-time-at-spithandle-nursery.md) - Our annual visit to Spithandle Lane for our festive tree took on a different tone this year.
- [Late Summer at Pulborough Brooks](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/late-summer-at-pulborough-brooks.md) - A late summer ramble through the RSPB reserve, which was surprisingly quiet — despite the best efforts of the girls and their guest.
- [Knepp: Rewilding your child](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/knepp-rewilding-your-child.md) - Knepp, the famous rewilded estate, is holding children's outdoors adventure sessions. One of my daughters and I joined in…
- [Reptile Safari at RSPB Pulborough Brooks](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/reptile-safari-pulbrough-brooks.md) - Forget the birds. One morning, the RSPB took the whole family in search of reptiles. Would we find the elusive adders?
- [Pulborough Brooks: April 2024](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/pulborough-brooks-april-2024.md) - Our first visit to the Sussex RSPB reserve of the spring.
- [Surfers Against Sewage protest: Kingston Beach](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/surfers-against-sewage-protest-kingston-beach.md) - People in Shoreham and Southwick have had enough. Southern Water can't keep throwing sewage into our seas.
- [A last minute Christmas Tree trip to Spithandle](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/a-last-minute-christmas-tree-trip-to-spithandle.md) - December rather got away from us this year, so we finally headed to Spithandle Nursery to collect our Christmas tree with the big day already in sight…
- [Review: Silence in the Age of Noise](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/review-silence-in-the-age-of-noise.md) - When a book about silence isn’t really about an absence of audible noise, you know you’re being led on a quest by Erling Kagge towards something more personal and revelatory than you expected.
- [Snow & Straw at Spithandle Nursery](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/snow-straw-at-spithandle-nursery.md) - Snow dusted Sussex as we headed to Spithandle for our locally-grown Christmas tree.
- [Nature Reads — 21st November 2022](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/nature-reads-21st-november-2022.md) - Some good reading and viewing to kick off your week in natural style.
- [The conservation charity crunch is coming](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/the-conservation-charity-crunch-is-coming.md) - The harsh economic winds buffeting many of us are hitting nature-friendly businesses hard. It's time to start making choices.
- [Beautiful solar, inspirational Goodall and Cornwall goes down the drain…](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/beautiful-solar-inspirational-goodall-and-cornwall-goes-down-the-drain.md) - Spring seems to be finally here, so after a nice day in the sunshine, why not retreat to your favourite chair, and catch up on some of the best nature writing and viewing?
- [Good Friday on Shoreham Beach](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/good-friday-on-shoreham-beach.md) - An unexpected hour by the sea is a rare and precious gift, especially on a glorious Good Friday.
- [Weekend Nature Reads: the “good news, bad news” edition](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/weekend-nature-reads-the-good-news-bad-news-edition.md) - Some curl-up-with-a-drink photography, reading and viewing on nature, the climate crisis and our role in it, to see you through a cold weekend.
- [Weekend Nature Reads: the spring is here edition](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/weekend-nature-reads-the-spring-is-here-edition.md) - There’s blossom on the trees, spring is in the air — today is a good day to celebrate rewilding. That, and more, in this week’s digest.
- [White Tailed Eagles in Dorset, and MP Chris Loder’s odd tweets](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/white-tail-eagles-in-dorset-and-mp-chris-loders-odd-tweets.md) - The strange case of the death of two translocated sea eagles, and the MP who doesn’t want this crime investigated.
- [Weekend Nature Reads: the distraction edition](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/weekend-nature-reads-the-distraction-edition.md) - Lose yourself in some distractions from the relentless geopolitical bad news with a deep dive into some nature reading.
- [Weekend Nature Reads: the self-isolating edition](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/weekend-nature-reads-the-self-isolating-edition.md) - A round-up of good nature listening, viewing and reading from around the web.
- [Not Walking with Daddy (again)](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/covid-isolation-missing-outdoors.md) - Once again, we're deprived of time outdoors. But it's not lockdown to blame, it's infection…
- [Why is there no Summerwatch?](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/why-is-there-no-summerwatch.md) - The Watches are one of the most entertaining and consistent pieces of nature programming on TV — so why does Summer get short shrift?
- [Merry Christmas](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/merry-christmas.md) - And a very Happy New Year to you all.
- [Back to Spithandle](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/back-to-spithandle-2021.md) - Our annual visit to Spithandle Nursery to buy our Sussex Christmas tree.
- [Cotton buds down, masks up, and more nature reads for your weekend](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/cotton-buds-down-masks-up-and-more-nature-reads-for-your-weekend.md) - Good news about British beaches Here at Walking With Daddy we're big fans of beach cleans [https://walkingwithdaddy.com/tag/2minutebeachclean/]. The Marine Conservation Society holds an annual beach clean, and then analyses the tally of what's found. The results for 2021 are out. The good news incl…
- [When a sparrowhawk comes for lunch](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/when-a-sparrowhawk-comes-for-lunch.md) - It appears, that after years of work, we finally have a thriving garden ecosystem. And lunch for a raptor.
- [Waterhaul's Retask the Mask litterpickers: putting COVID plastic to good use](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/waterhauls-retask-the-mask-litterpickers-putting-covid-plastic-to-good-use.md) - Litterpickers whose plastic components are made from NHS disposable masks? Brilliant idea! Here's how they work in use.
- [The Plastic Pollution Cycle and other links](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/ocean-plastic-polution-culprits-links-reading.md) - Insights into who is polluting our oceans — and who is dealing with the consequences. And other outdoors links.
- [A drizzly beach plastic-free picnic for 2 Minute Day](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/a-drizzly-beach-picnic-for-2-minute-day.md) - This is no time to be a fair weather beach cleaner…
- [Nature's curious storytelling choices](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/natures-curious-storytelling-choices.md) - 2021's season five of the Loch Arkaig Ospreys has not gone the way anyone was expecting
- [Nature Reading Digest #4: Walking through lockdown](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/nature-reading-digest-4-walking-through-lockdown.md) - Some great nature-centric watching and reading to round out your weekend.
- [Weekend Nature Digest #3](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/weekend-nature-digest-3.md) - Another selection of reading and viewing from around the web for your weekend pleasure.
- [Weekend Nature Reads #2](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/weekend-nature-reading.md) - Some good nature reading and viewing for nature lovers, and the outdoor bound.
- [Lockdown Life: An Ocean Film Festival from my sofa](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/lockdown-life-an-ocean-film-festival-from-my-sofa.md) - While lockdown might deprive us of access to many parts of the natural world, that doesn't mean outdoors creatives aren't finding ways of bringing their work to our homes.
- [A New Year, a new lockdown and back to home schooling](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/a-new-year-a-new-lockdown-and-back-to-home-schooling.md) - We're heading back to lockdown - so I'm building something to help parents keep their children connected with nature.
- [Learning to live with Tier 4](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/tier-4-beach-life.md) - Like millions of others, I'm now in the quasi lockdown of Tier 4. But there's a silver lining hiding in this enforced restriction.
- [Spithandle Nursery: sustainable Sussex Christmas trees](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/a-sustainable-sussex-christmas-tree.md) - If you're going to have a real Christmas tree, then you should buy one that's locally grown. And that's exactly what we do at Spithandle Nursery every year.
- [Weekend Nature Reads #1](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/weekend-nature-reads-1.md) - Here's some good reading — and viewing — about nature and the great outdoors to see you through the weekend.
- [Why I do beach cleans, in three photos](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/why-i-do-beach-cleans-in-three-photos.md) - A mindful connection with nature can also be truly useful.
- [Telling the stories of our wild places](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/telling-the-stories-of-our-wild-places.md) - An RSPB video highlights a wee patch of the wild that has intrigued me since I was a bairn…
- [Review: Return of the Osprey by David Gassner](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/review-return-of-the-osprey-by-david-gassner.md) - It’s an older book, but the perfect antidote for those suffering empty nest syndrome.
- [Autumn comes when the ospreys leave](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/autumn-comes-when-the-ospreys-leave.md) - When the fledglings take flight and head for Africa, it’s time to get the autumn clothes out, and put the shorts away.
- [Beach cleaning after Ellen](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/beach-cleaning-after-ellen.md) - A storm changes the beach — and brings plenty of evidence of human neglect of the sea.
- [Wildlife reintroduction newsround](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/reintroduction-newsround.md) - While we're bombarded by bad news about nature, there are stories of hope. Here are a few of them.
- [One Man Walking; or The Accidental Flâneur](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/one-man-walking-or-the-accidental-flaneur.md) - Self-knowledge is the hardest wisdom to acquire, but acting on that knoweldge can be even harder.
- [Back to the beach](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/back-to-the-beach.md) - Lockdown is easing, and for the first time in months, we were able to get out for a couple of hours walking. What was once routine feels like the biggest treat imaginable.
- [Not walking with daddy](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/not-walking-with-daddy.md) - Like everyone else, we're in lockdown. How do we manage to explore nature with the girls in that situation?
- [Podcasting the great outdoors](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/podcasting-the-great-outdoors.md) - Podcasts are a great way of staying connected with the topics you love. So why not listen to podcasta bout nature?
- [Facing the power of nature in Storm Ciara](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/facing-the-power-of-nature-in-storm-ciara.md) - Before Storm Ciara hit its peak, I took my girls onto the beach for a taste of the sheer power of nature…
- [Hagstones: the sea's beautiful gift](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/hagstones-the-seas-beautiful-gift.md) - The mysteriously perfect stones with holes you find on some Sussex beaches have been a source of mystical inspiration for years.
- [The beach clean-up crusader](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/the-beach-clean-up-crusader.md) - A short video about a man truly dedicated to cleaning up the beach.
- [Blustery Beach Cleaning](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/making-the-most-of-it.md) - Don't let inclement weather get in your way - you can do good even in the rain.
- [Making nature routine](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/making-nature-routine.md) - I'm trying to enjoy nature in small doses every day. And I started with my girls, after school.
- [Vlogging with Daddy: RSPB Loch Leven](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/vlogging-with-daddy-rspb-loch-leven.md) - Sharing memories and a vlog from the RSPB's nature reserve at Loch Leven in Scotland.
- [Welcome to Walking With Daddy](https://walkingwithdaddy.com/welcome-to-walking-with-daddy.md) - An introduction to my new blog — Walking With Daddy.

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