storm hunting

The storms last week in England were absolutely crazy! I have never seen so much rain and wind! We decided to go and investigate the storm damage and headed down to the seaside town of Lyme Regis last weekend. 

There was a large amount of rubbish stacked up against the buildings and along the beach. From the rubbish the vast majority was of plastic items, as well as fishing gear and many barrels. These storms have definitely unearthed a huge amount of plastic. The amount of debris I have seen on several of the coastlines around the south coast of England has been extremely distressing and is just a snapshot of the vast quantities of plastic and other rubbish dumped in the sea. 

Hopefully these storms will shock many people into realising that when rubbish enters the sea, it does not disappear, instead it damages marine life and clogs up our wonderful oceans. 

Lauren 

favourite nature moments of 2013

I wanted to share some of my favourite nature pictures of 2013. For me, I managed to see places that I never thought I would such as Lundy Island in the Bristol Channel. Here are some of my favourites.

Sunset at Arne, paddling in mud in Poole Harbour, Sika deer at Arne, mountains in Inverarary in Scotland, The Flats at Kimmeridge Bay, horses near Lulworth Castle, a rescued hedgehog found in my garden, Lulworth Cove, a poppy at Thomas Hardys house in Dorchester.

Sunset at Sandbanks beach, horses at Lulworth Castle, view on Lulworth Estate, sunset at Old Harry Rocks, duck pond at Lulworth Cove, Bude, Lamb on Lundy Island, Lundy Island, Grey seals at Lundy Island.

Finally here is a picture of me enjoying my first lesson on a quadbike! 

Lauren 

it's a new year

It's officially 2014! This year has been a whirlwind and has been pretty great! However 2014 is definatly the year to experience as much as possible! This year will be the year of getting outside as much as possible to enjoy the natural world! It has begun by enjoying a lovely walk at the beach today and here is a seriously pretty snap of sandbanks. 

Here's to the rest of 2014 being as beautiful as this! 

Lauren