Vitrealis

  Britain doesn't have many lizards, so surely it's not difficult to work out which species is which? Wrong! I sometimes get confuse...

  Common Wall Lizard - Abbotsbury Subtropical Gardens, Dorset Most field guides will tell you that Britain has six native reptile species - ...

  White-throated Capuchin Monkey My last  blog  looked at the largest of Costa Rica's four primate species: the Mantled Howler and Centr...

  It is just after dawn on a road through the dry forest that flanks the Pacific Ocean. Breakfast has been postponed so that we can catch th...

Snow Bunting - Hamworthy, Dorset 14.1.25 If like me you play the game of trying to see as many birds as possible in a year, then January is ...

The Scarlet Macaw Ara macao was an easy choice to crown my Top Ten Birds of Costa Rica. Large and extravagently coloured, their appearance...

With its rich burgundy plumage topped by a shocking white crown, the Snowcap male is one of the most instantly recognisable hummingbirds of ...