Sussex
A sparrowhawk on Shoreham Beach
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

Late Summer at Woods Mill
Secret dens and dirty hands at the Sussex nature reserve

Kingley Vale: a first walk
Images from our inaugural walk in the nature reserve

Christmas tree time at Spithandle Nursery
Our annual visit to Spithandle Lane for our festive tree took on a different tone this year.

A last minute Christmas Tree trip to Spithandle
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…

Snow & Straw at Spithandle Nursery
Snow dusted Sussex as we headed to Spithandle for our locally-grown Christmas tree.

Weekend Nature Reads: the “good news, bad news” edition
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.

Back to Spithandle
Our annual visit to Spithandle Nursery to buy our Sussex Christmas tree.

Spithandle Nursery: sustainable Sussex Christmas trees
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.
