Conker Nature Magazine: Winter | January 2022 | Volume IV, Issue I

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CROSSWORD INCLUDED INSIDE!

SPOTLIGHT INTERVIEWS With Scott Duffield, Tyler Hood & Benjamin Fallow

LET'S VISIT THAILAND

WINTER'S SLUMBER

BY TIFFANY WALLACE

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CONKER NATURE TABLE OF CONTENTS WINTER | JANUARY 2022 | VOL IIII ISSUE I

07 LETTER FROM EDITOR-IN-CHIEF THIS MONTHS LETTER FROM CONKER NATURE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF, LUCY MORRIS. AS SHE LOOKS AHEAD TO THE FUTURE OF CONKER NATURE MAGAZINE.

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NATURE'S CALENDER: JANUARY LITTLE CONKER, FREYA SALTER, AND OUR JUNIOR EDITOR, TOBIAS JAMES, TAKES A LOOK AT THIS MONTH'S NATURE CALENDAR

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PHOTOGRAPHER SPOTLIGHT SCOTT DUFFIELD IS AN AWARD WINNING WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER - THIS MONTH WE INTERVIEW HIM AS HE DELVES INTO HIS TIME AS A WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER.

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TIFFANY WALLACE JOINS US FOR THE SECOND TIME, FOLLOWING ON FROM AUTUMN TALES OF TREES, SHE WRITES ABOUT HOW NATURE BECOMES DORMANT IN WINTER

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THAILAND THROUGH THE LENS & LET'S VISIT - THAILAND THIS MONTH WE VISIT THAILAND WITH PHOTOGRAPHER, VERONIKA STOMA.

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LTTLE CONKERS: INTERVIEW WITH...BENJAMIN FALLOW BENJAMIN FALLOW IS AN AVID NATURAL HISTORY COLLECTOR, WITH A LOVE FOR WILDLIFE DRAWINGS, BIRD WATCHING, AND LOOKING FOR SIGNS OF NATURE. WILDLIFE MAGAZINE

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44 & 50 WINTER WILDLIFE CROSSWORD THIS MONTH'S ISSUE INCLUDES A WINTER WILDLIFE CROSSWORD, SEE IF YOU CAN SPOT THE CHRISTMAS-THEMED WORDS IN THERE!

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LITTLE CONKERS PHOTOGRAPHY INTERVIEW WITH....TYLER HOOD THIS MONTH WE INTERVIEW LITTLE CONKER WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER, TYLER HOOD AS HE TALKS ABOUT HIS PASSION FOR WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY AND SHOWCASES HIS IMAGES.

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ARTIC OCEAN PENGUINS DISCOVER ARCTIC OCEAN PENGUINS WITH PHOTOGRAPHER PAT BOURQUE

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LANDSCAPES & WILDLIFE DELVE INTO LANDSCAPE AND WILDLIFE IMAGES FROM PHOTOGRAPHY NAZ BHUIYA

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FABULOUS MORNING ON THE RIVER & SQUIRRELS

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PHOTOGRAPHER EVSTRATOV VIKTOR CAPTURES SUNRISE ON A RIVER AND WINTER SQUIRREL PHOTOS.

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ENGULF YOURSELF IN WONDERFUL WINTER WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY WITH ELENA ESINA.

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WINTER WILDLIFE IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK PHOTOGRAPHER MIKE DARTER CAPTURES POWERFUL WINTER SCENES IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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A FLOCK OF GOLDFINCHES IN WINTER FLOCK OF GOLDFINCHES ON WINTER FIELD AROUND VERSOIX, SWITZERLAND CAPTURED BY MARYNA KOSTIUKEVYCH

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FROSTY WINTER COLLECTION WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER SCOTT DUFFIELD SHARES HIS WINTER WILDLIFE COLLECTION.

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JOURNEY TO THE HEART OF EASTERN SIBERIA PHOTOGRAPHER KSENIA IVASHKO SHARES THE PHOTOS OF HER RESIDENCE IN THE CITY OF IRKUTSK

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ЗИМНИЕ ИСТОРИИ

PHOTOGRAPHER YULIYA KHRAMOVA CAPTURES WINTER WILDLIFE

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ENGULF YOURSELF IN WONDERFUL WINTER COLOURS FROM PHOTOGRAPHER VLADIMIR LELIKOV-KOUZMENKO

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Welcome to 2022! Conker Nature are so excited to bring out all 12 months of magazines this year - we're so happy to say this is our first full year as a magazine!

This year is going to be something exciting, we've got wildlife festivals press tours lined up to talk about, interviews, and some very exciting things to be announced about Conker Nature in a few weeks time - keep an eye on social media for the announcements!

Lucy Morris Editor-in-chief LJM

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We're also pleased to release the first of Little Conkers interviews with Benjamin Fallow and Tyler Hood - both inspiring with their passion for nature and it's been fabulous learning more about them both. Make sure to give both of the interviews a read!

That's all from me - Hope you've all had a brilliantstart of the year!

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ПЕЙЗАЖИ РУССКОЙ ЗИМЫ WINTER LANDSCAPES OF RUSSIA CAPTURED BY PHOTOGRAPHER TANYA DOROZHKO

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MADRID, SPAIN & STORM FILOMENA A HISTORIC SNOWFALL BEGAN TO CONQUER THE CENTER OF THE COUNTRY OF SPAIN. SHOWCASED

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VISITING HELSINKI IN WINTER AS A PHOTOGRAPHY MEANS GETTING UP EARLY, IN CASE YOU WANT TO TAKE PHOTOS OF THE CITY DURING THE DAY. CAPTURED BY PHOTOGRAPHER JAQUELINE VANER

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Nature's Calendar: Winter - January Words by Tobias James & Freya Salter Photographer: Dan Knight IG: @danknightphotos

Despite the nib in the air which announces the beginning of the year in the month of January, there are lots of species to find at this time of the year.

Start off the new year by getting up and exploring some of the UK's stunning winter wildlife.

the rare long-eared owl and finally Cetti's warbler.

Moving on to mammals now is the Muntjac deer - found mainly in southern England's back gardens looking for food left for birds and hedges that are springing with green leaves.

Short winter days means more animals are browsing for food and are often seen at dawn and dusk.

Starting with birds, seeing as they are the special attraction at this time of year. We have the third most common visitor to the garden, the coal tit - you might see them fly off and take sunflower seeds as a store for winter's chilly months.

Secondly, is the migrant species that arrive from Russia and Northern Europe - the curlew. In winter, the numbers double and are easy to find in marshes and mudflats, which is partly their reason for the decline, due to human disturbance during nesting season and therefore a conservation concern to many charities.

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Photographer: Dan Knight IG: @danknightphotos

Now to some fascinating plants and fungi, is what's called Pixie cup lichen, has almost an otherworldly structure and look. No matter baltic the weather may get - the lichens won't die off, they can even thrive in places such as Antarctica.

Another fungi species is known as beard lichen - looks like trees with beards that are white and long!

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Snow and ice present the perfect opportunity to study animal tracks.

Identifying whom the tracks were made by is far from an easy task, but it is rewarding, especially if you are a wildlife photographer. However, try not to confuse the tracks with that of sheep, dogs, or horses.

- being active at dawn or dusk. However, in the winter months, scarce food forces more otters to hunt in broad daylight, giving you a higher chance of spotting one.

Photographer: Scott Duffield IG: @scott.duffield.photography

One species that has surged in population numbers in lowland Britain is the otter.

The typical otter print has five toes and typically but not always have webbed paws. Also, look for the tail scrape marks in the snow and ice, as well as what looks like a mudslide next to the river or stream. Not to forget to keep your eyes peeled for their spraint, littered with fish bones and scales.

Outside of Scotlands waters (where otters can be seen all day long in most cases), otters are mainly nocturnal or crepuscular Photographer: Brian Chard IG: @chard.brian_photo_wildlife

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Winter can be a brilliant time of year to get close up views of birds visiting the garden for food, water and shelter. It is also an exciting opportunity to see some species which are only here for the colder months, such as Fieldfares and Bramblings.

As the temperature drops and natural foods supplies fall, winter is a hard time for our garden visitors, especially birds.

So there is a few things you can do to help your little flying friends through to spring!

Birds require high-energy foods (high-fat) to maintain their fat reserves to survive frosty nights. Fat based products are particularly popular with Long-tailed tits, I often see more than 8 on a feeder at once!

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Another food rich in fat is peanuts. They are also a good source of protein and are very popular with tits, nuthatches and woodpeckers! Other good foods to provide are: nyger seed (for Gold and Greenfinches) and sunflower seeds/hearts (popular with tits and Nuthatches).

When birds have access to more nutrients in winter, the spring breeding season will be more successful; chicks will have healthier weights and laying will happen earlier!

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As well as putting food in hanging feeders, it is important to provide for ground feeders too! One example of ground food is a fruit! Fruits such as apples, plums and pears make a great bird food due to being energy-rich with simple sugars! These can be halved and left on either a bird table or on the ground and will be enjoyed by thrushes, blackbirds and robins!

Don’t forget water! As well as food, it is very important for birds to have access to water for drinking and cleaning. This can be in a bird bath or even a large bowl raised off the ground. To avoid the water freezing in winter, place a small plastic ball on the surface and the movement in the wind will prevent it from freezing. If the water does freeze (which is very common during the colder months) make sure to remove the ice and refill with fresh water.

There are many ways we can help our garden birds through winter, just putting out a little food and water makes such a difference!

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Freya Salter Freya Salter is a 12-year-old naturalist, amateur wildlife photographer and aspiring conservationist Instagram: @wildlife_drummer_girl

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WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER Photographer: Scott Duffield IG: scott.duffield.photography

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Scott Duffield

Scott Duffield is an award-winning photographer, having won the 2021 Outdoor Nature Photo Of The Year. Join us as we interview the man behind the lens...

My name is Scott Duffield and I’m an avid lover of wildlife and the natural world, I love capturing wildlife and their habitats. I am a multi-regional Mechanical and electrical engineering supervisor as my main job and spend all my free time behind the camera.

When, and what inspired you to get into photography, and do you have any favourite photographers you admire?

I have always had an obsession with the natural world and how each plant or animal relies on another for its existence.

Hi Scott, thanks for agreeing to be interviewed on our photography spotlight for Conker Nature I think my real passion for photography started after Magazine! watching my all-time hero, Sir David Attenborough. As his nature Please tell our readers a programs evolved with time I little bit about yourself & became more and more concerned what it is you do. with how many species were becoming extinct or being put on the endangered list so

I decided to start documenting via photographs all the different species I had seen on an outing. My photography also evolved over the years, from just documenting the species to trying to catch their emotions and natural behaviours in a single image.

What does your photography mean to you?

To me, my photography is more than just an image, I see it as a recording of an emotional moment in time where I try to capture the feelings and emotions of both myself and the subject. When I look back at my photo’s I remember my exact emotions and feelings at the time I took it and the way I was trying to show the subjects mood.

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Photographer: Scott Duffield IG: scott.duffield.photography

What is your process when photographing, do you have a particular area or species you’re most drawn to?

Before I jump in with the camera I like to check out an area where the habitat and food sources looks right for that particular animal, I spend a few hours walking around the area looking for evidence of them living there and try to find a good vantage point to set up a hide such as water holes, and then simply wait for the right weather forecast to go.

The actual photography itself is simply a case of getting there before sunrise to set up and hope they appear. It’s hard to pick a favourite species I like to photograph as they all exhibit different traits, habits and characters but if I had to choose just one then it would be red squirrels.

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As great as it is to catch a fleeting glimpse and get a few shots of something like Goshawks, Red Squirrels just have a funny characters which is a joy to watch as well as photograph.

What is your favourite animal, and what has been your best wildlife encounter to date?

My favourite animal has to be an otter, they are really cute and behave just like puppy dogs. I could sit & watch Otters playing in the rivers for hours.

I’ve been quite lucky to have many great wildlife encounters but I’d have to say one of my favourites was at a reintroduction program for Red kites. I was sat right on the edge of the tree line whilst the conservation officers threw out some food to attract

them in to check their leg rings & they swooped a few feet from my head to grab the food from the floor, the sound of their screech as they were in a dive & the howl of the wind over their wings as they quickly changed direction was an unforgettable experience.

What is the most interesting thing you have learnt about wildlife over the years?

The one interesting but unfortunately disappointing fact I have learnt over the years is that no wildlife is beyond human expansion and almost every species of plant and animal is on a steady decline, however, I think now more than ever the plight of wildlife is coming to the forefront and more people are aware that we need to live more harmoniously with our wildlife.

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Presently, what is your biggest aspiration in your photography?

Do you have a preferred camera you use, and a favourite lens?

My favourite Camera and lens combination is the Canon 90D and the Canon 100400mm IS L ii. The 90D has a very quick shutter speed with a great resolution 33MP sensor and the APS-C sensor also gives me that little extra Is there a specific species or zoom. The 100-400mm IS L ii place you’ve always wanted to lens is the perfect size and experience? weight for catching stationary It would be difficult to choose subjects as well as birds in flight without giving your just one favourite place I’d arms a severe workout love to go with my camera My biggest aspiration is to become a full time wildlife photographer and travel the world photographing as many species as I can and spreading the importance of their conservation.

but the top two would be the Himalayas to photograph the Snow leopards or New Guinea to photograph the birds of paradise.

Finally, what advice would you give to the past you and what advice would you give people with similar interests and dreams?

If I could offer my past self one piece of advice it would be to go easy on yourself and be patient, there is no bigger critic of your work than yourself and with time and practice comes experience and knowledge.

It is better to aim high and fall short than to aim low and succeed, with every failure comes the knowledge and experience of how to become better.

Brilliant! Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions, Scott.

Follow Scott's social media here IG - @scott.duffield.photography Website - Scottduffield.picfair.com Facebook - Scott.duffield.photography

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WINTER'S SLUMBER Words by Tiffany Wallace

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Winter seems like a time when everything ceases to a halt. There is a silence in the slumber of mammals and insects; a dormancy of plants and other wildlife. Trees have shed their leaves, insects and small mammals are hibernating. Some wildlife dies off and provides nutrients to other forms of life Winter is the coldest of Earth’s four seasons in the nontropical areas of the world. The temperature lowers significantly and daylight hours shorten. The cold winter air contains less moisture. We are cold, thirsty, and our skin can feel dry. Our appetites increase as our metabolism works harder in the cold to keep us warm.

Conserving heat, we turn inwards to our ‘nests’ as we cosy up and enjoy the warmth. With a short window of daylight, we are less active outdoors. Afternoons seem to transform into almost immediate darkness, and we awaken in darkness.

Many insects, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds receive the same signals we do, often sooner and respond in their own ways. There is less food, and in order to find it in this cold, much more energy would be wasted to stay warm in the process. As such, it is a clever adaptation to enter a state of torpor, meaning reduced activity.

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Here the metabolism (unlike ours) decreases, as does body temperature. Torpor can last for hours or days, and wildlife can break torpor on warmer days to allow for gathering food, basking in the sun, drinking and other activities. Some species enter deeper, lengthened states of torpor, called hibernation.

This lengthened period of dormancy is beneficial because it allows for a biological rest and reset, saving critical energy. Without this rest, cells age at the same rate as before, thereby ageing faster.

This rest in the cold snap initiates a burst of energy and growth afterwards. Wildlife and plantlife show higher reproductive fitness as a result of this restorative process.

Plantlife sheds much of its vulnerable tissues in a bid to conserve energy. Its cellular processes slow down dramatically, and some plants die right down to a dormant stage. During this time we can marvel at the silhouette of trees without their leaves, and appreciate the differences in the bark of trees. Through the skeletal forms of leafless trees, Holly berries, Blackthorn’s sloes, crab apple berries and Rowan berries provide a vibrant red contrast that lasts through until February.

Photographer: Tiffany Wallace IG: wildlittlewallace

As the water vapour in the winter air gets cooler and comes into contact with plants and grasses, fallen leaves and such, dew forms.

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This is a normal occurrence but in winter something magical happens. The outer layer of plant tissues cool significantly, past what’s called the ‘dew point', and the dew freezes and becomes frost. It doesn’t stop there. If we go deeper and look to understand what’s going on inside plants, we discover that clever mechanisms which have formed over millions of years are happening right beneath our noses!

Our wildlife is reacting to its environment, all the way down to a molecular level.

The prolonged exposure to the cold leads to the suppression of genes that normally make fascinating things happen, some that we can observe! This is known as vernalization. Genes are responsible for so much activity and growth such as the plant's flower- the very organs which allow it to reproduce. The cold snap represses plant genes just like the cold represses animal metabolism. We can imagine it as a foot pressing down on a brake pedal, stopping something from happening.

What's magnificent about stopping some genes is that this doesn’t mean something cannot happen, but rather that it delays it from happening to give it the best chance of occurring when the environment is better suited!

Imagine holding down a pedal until it's safe to release what can be under optimal conditions. This holding down of the pedal, or suppression of the flowering genes, induces the plant flowering processes when the cold lifts. The prolonging of this suppression is key to flowering plants ability to produce the flowers which not only allow reproduction but for us produce the fruits we rely on for food. Vernalization not only allows flowering but can also accelerate development! Wheat, for example, requires a long period of dormancy to flower effectively.

In some plants, vernalisation is not just required but when it is measured, plants that undergo vernalisation are shown to produce fewer leaves prior to the production of flowering organs then those who do not experience the cold snap.

This mechanism is inherited from offspring to offspring. Put simply, the plant’s offspring intrinsically know or rather, have the same genes which require suppression in order to flower. Imagine, that which we view as having died back, never to return is in fact simply dormant, conserving energy, enduring a pressing on the mechanism to ensure maximum optimal conditions with which to flourish.

Waiting for the release of cold instigates the activity that without suppression, simply wouldn’t occur or occur as effectively.

During the months of winter and in particular January, life has slowed and feels confined to the small hours of light. As we find ourselves cloaked in winter’s cold darkness, we feel this restriction, it is almost as though we ourselves are being suppressed by nature’s brake pedal. We can all have hope that as the cold snap lifts, and we observe in buds and rustles our surrounding flora and fauna reacting to this release, we too are released to flourish.

Tiffany Wallace

Tiffany Wallace is a conservation scientist with a masters in genetics, and a bachelors in ecology, conservation and animal behaviour. Tiffany is a practical rewilder who has worked with commercial enterprises to agree on areas of protected land for wildlife.

Photographer: Zoram Zanini

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THAILAND THROUGH THE LENS Photographer: Veronika Stoma IG: @nika_clover

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LET'S VISIT....

THAILAND, SOUTH ASIA Photographer: Vladyslav Danilin

Thailand is a place full of street food and culture but also more famously known for the lush green of the trees, and the clear blue waters. We're putting together a list of the best places to visit in Thailand.

Mai gives the capital of Thailand, Bangkok a run Chiang for its money. Often named the capital of the north, it not hard to find reasons why.

Chaing Mai is a city with the endless vibrancy of the culture and luscious nature to escape to. It is impossible to run out of things to do. For example, feast your eyes on the sea of over 500 temples to admire, hike in the wildlife-filled jungles and raft along their rivers.

Chaing Mai is also where you'll find Doi Inthanon Thailand's highest point in the country. There you'll experience the wonders of the tribes that reside there, witness nature's beauty with spectacular waterfalls, and also feed watermelons and bananas to elephants that have been rescued by nearby sancutaries.

Chaing Mai isn't the only place to visit - the next stop is Krabi.

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Photographer: Brian Chard Photographer: Iakov Kalinin @chard.brian_photo_wildlife

Other places to visit in Thailand

Krabi - with a wealth of experiences to do on both its mainland and its islands, Krabi is a mustvisit. There is something for everyone from benches to animal sanctuaries to rock climbers paradise. Visit the islands by the famous boats and have a fantastic adventure.

Nakhon Ratchasima - not far from Bangkok is a large province in northern Thailand, Nakhon Ratchasima. One of its largest attractions is UNESCO-listed Kho Yai National Park. Full of diverse wildlife and waterfalls. Also visit one of Thailands most striking and famous temples, Wat Ban Rai in Khun Thot.

Photographer: Beboy Litenar Photographer: Sasint Panir

Phuket - Thailand's largest island and one that is a favourite amongst all travellers and adventurers across the globe. With beaches for everyone, drinks and gorgeous sunsets, Phuket is well worth a visit if travelling to Thailand. Activities include go-karting, hiking, elephant encounters and snorkelling - there are loads to try whilst staying in arguably one of the best places to travel in the world.

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Interview with...

Benjamin Fallow

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Hi Benji, thanks for agreeing to be interviewed for Conker Nature Magazine!

What are your favourite nature hobbies?

Birdwatching – what I really enjoy is when you’ve got a close-up view and you’re outdoors with the birds and you’re watching them, and you can feel and hear the wingbeats coming over your head. They’re such tiny animals and it’s amazing to watch them so close and think that they’re each alive little individuals.

Drawing from and about nature – I just think it’s so peaceful, and when I’m drawing, I’m so quiet and still that often animals do come up close to me. It’s just such a calming thing to do, especially if you’re sitting near the water.

Looking for animals using their footprints – to just see a deer is amazing, but when I’ve actually tracked it down by the footprints, I love learning about what type of animal left the footprint and if it was male or female.

Looking for owl pellets and animal poos and seeing what animals have been eating, learning more about them from the signs they leave behind.

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How did you get into nature?

We live in a village, and we always walked everywhere around the village and the woodlands and fields and I just love being outside in nature.

I loved watching Andy’s adventures since I was a toddler and learned so many animal facts from those programs! I started carrying a backpack to be like Andy when I was 2 or 3, and always keep a notebook and pens in my backpack for drawing!

My preschool had a Forest School once a week. The teacher was called Helen and she had an amazing fact book that she always carried so she could find out what any plant or creature was! I really wanted a book like that, and I’ve got one of my own now :) I first saw Autumnwatch when I was 5 and I was amazed and couldn’t believe that all of this existed right near to us! I learned lots more nature facts from there!

Do you have a favourite animal, and what has been your favourite animal you’ve seen?

My favourite animal is a Reindeer, because of all the amazing adaptations they have to live in these really cold places. They have large broad feet with a special pad that stops them from sinking into the snow, covered with hair to keep it warm. Their antlers have velvet on, this is a process that happens while they’re growing their antlers.

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Just before the rut they Who is your favourite wildlife What is your favourite scrape all the velvet off to superhero? place to visit and why? have sharp and more I started watching Andy’s Wild My favourite places are robust antlers for the rut. adventures, I love seeing Chris Clayton Woods and the The hairs of their fur are Packham on Winterwatch and all Ashdown Forest, they’re hollow, which traps warm his programmes, and of course both quite near to us air, there are tiny holes in David Attenborough! Blue Plant but Ashdown is further the hairs which release the was the first proper wildlife away. I can walk to Clayton warm air onto the documentary I ever watched, and I woods from my house, it’s reindeers’ skin to keep thought it was so amazing! At that 12km there and back and it them warm. time, I didn’t know what half the was one of the first longer We went on holiday to words meant but I still loved it! walks that I did. I love Scotland when I was 5 and One of my favourite wildlife clayton because of the I saw the largest free heroes is Gordon Buchannan beautiful tiny stream that ranging heard of reindeer because he’s a cameraman and an runs through it, and the in the UK in the explorer too, so he goes out into bluebells in the spring. And Cairngorms, they’re nature just by himself and gets I love the Ashdown, semiwild, and I got to feed really close to wild animals. I’d because it’s an amazing them! We weren’t really love to be able to do that one day. mix of beautiful moorland allowed to feed the and forest with an reindeer calves, but the amazingly large stream person working there with lots of Islands in the allowed me to feed a middle of it. I love reindeer fawn, and it was exploring in these places. the most amazing feeling.

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Your nature drawings are fantastic, what has been your favourite animal to draw?

I don’t have a favourite animal to draw because I love drawing all animals!

You love to collect nature items such as fossils and feathers, what is your favourite thing you’ve found and why?

One of my favourite nature treasures is a completely preserved and almost unbroken seagull skull, I found it on Brighton beach.

What I love about collecting treasures is that when I pick up a feather or something, I know it’s come from a real animal, and it feels like I’m looking at the living thing.

What is one thing you really want to collect and put in your house?

I don’t know what it is yet, I’ll just find it or come across it and I’ll know that will be it!

Every treasure feels amazing to find!

Who is the one wildlife superhero you’d like to meet and why?

I think I’d feel a bit shy to meet one of my heroes, and I’d be happy to meet whichever one is free on the day :) We met up with Callie who started Reserva recently and it was amazing to meet her!

We went on one of my favourite walks together and found some amazing lichen.

She’s protecting rainforests in Ecuador with the world’s first youth-funded rainforest reserve.

What would you like to be when you grow up?

I’d like to go on long walks and write and illustrate books about the nature that I see on the way.

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I started liking long walks in lockdown, first, we walked from our house to Grandma’s house which was about 20km, and in the summer mum and I walked the whole South Down’s Way, which was 200km the way we did it!

Going on a long walk is exciting because it’s an adventure and you think - am I going to get to the end?! And it’s amazing to see all the nature on the way and to be able to stop and look at anything you want to see. My favourite day was when mum and I got soaking wet in a rainstorm for hours, we were so wet that every tiny thing, even everything in our backpacks was drenched! We were laughing all the way and it was a good memory.

Fabulous, thank you for taking the time to answer my questions, Benji.

Benjamin Fallow Benjamin Fallow, Young naturalist and artist, age 8 Benji’s nature writing has been published in BBC Wildlife Magazine and The Guardian Young Country Diary. His artwork has been included in the RA Young Artists Summer Show, and featured on Chris Packham’s Self Isolating Bird Club, by The Wildlife Trusts, Natural History Museum, RSPB, and Greenpeace UK. Instagram & Twitter @benjaminfallow

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This bird has a beautiful golden crown on its head________________. ____________________is a small and brown bird that can be found in woodlands and countryside.

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What are your favourite nature hobbies?

My favourite hobbies are taking photographs ranging in different species however birds are my favourite animals to take photos of. I like to also help with conservation in any way that I can.

I have been doing some rewilding within my garden and my nanny's garden.

In my garden, I have invested in about ten different bee hotels with bee areas as well as butterflies' areas.

I have also made a hedgehog feeding station in my garden which seems to have about ten different hedgehogs come every night.

I have designated areas in my garden that are specifically for wildflowers to help butterflies and bees and we also have three different feeding stations with different food to feed the birds which I get a huge variety of ranging from house sparrows, jay, blue tits, greenfinch, goldfinch etc.

Throughout the summer, I went on my local river walk with my aunty and we picked some Himalayan balsam plant from its root as it seems to spread and overgrow there.

My aunty found out our local area were working together to tackle and get rid of this plant because it is invasive and it's killing our local plants by our river so we helped.

When doing this you need to be so careful because seed dispersal is extremely likely to happen. When they disperse they can travel up to 7m!

How did you get into nature and nature photography?

I got into my nature hobbies and photography through my aunty as she also takes wildlife photos! I started photography in the pandemic so 2020!

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To start off I was using a kidizoom camera and as I realised it was something I loved I was able to update my camera to capture more animals and experiences.

When taking photos, I also love the experience you have with the animal's natural behaviours.

What is your favourite animal, and what has been your favourite animal you've seen?

My favourite animals are tigers and sparrow hawks.

For a long time I was so eager to see a sparrowhawk land and be able to capture photos of them but my luck didn’t seem to be that great!

However, in 2021 I was able to watch a local pair near me which was great! I saw them do some ariel displays, mate, nest build and watch their babies from tiny to fledge!

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pass between mum and her baby chicks!

What is your favourite animal, and what has been your best wildlife encounter to date?

My wildlife superhero would be my aunty! Sandi monger and I have also loved watching Steve Backshall and following his journeys! Also love watching David Attenborough. I have learned so much from each and everyone of them.

What is your favourite place to visit and why?

Do you have any favourite nature photographers that you like?

I don’t know too many wildlife photographers. However, I do have some favourite ones on my Instagram account and they are: @Sandi_monger_photographs @Haycock_brooke These two have inspired me in so many different ways as they both appreciate the experience that comes along with wildlife photography.

What is one animal you’ve always wanted to photograph?

My most favourite place to visit is actually something I I have so many animals that I have only visited recently would like to photograph! and that is Titchwell marsh! however, my top 3 are a bald eagle, a fox and any owls! My I have a huge love for wader main goal is to photograph birds and because they are them throughout the wild, so I migratory it isn't something can experience their I am able to see quite behaviours and also observe regularly. and learn from them.

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Where is one wildlife-filled place you’ve love to visit?

AFRICA. This is certainly somewhere I would like to visit because in Africa they get lots of different animals that we do not get within the UK. These can be from lovely different coloured birds to different reptiles. I like exploring new wildlife and would love to see what Africa has to offer!

Who is the one wildlife superhero you’d like to meet and why?

I would like to meet Steve Backshall because he has had some amazing wildlife experiences and he has exactly the sort of life I would like!

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I would love to be able to explore the world and capture different animal behaviours.

What would you like to be when you grow up?

I'm not 100% sure just yet, what I would like to do when I'm older however. my hugest hobbies include running and wildlife photography. I would also love to be able to help in any conservation work and educating myself to be the best I can for our planet!

Tyler Hood

Tyler Hood, Young naturalist and wildlife photographer

Fabulous, thank you for taking the time to answer my questions, Tyler.

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But who are we protecting? Badgers because every year, Badgers are cruelly hunted and killed not only for sport or for people's idea of fun but also for running the risk of TB. This new government scheme run by fantastic, dedicated volunteers is helping preserve our badgers, for the next generation to see.

The project is part of the trust’s work to protect badgers from contracting the virus and passing it on to cattle. In October 2021, I had the privilege to meet some of the team Gillian Foxcroft, Debbie Bailey, and Paul Hobson who very kindly agreed for me to join them.

Sunday morning we headed out to one of the locations in Derbyshire where these hard-working volunteers had previously been out the night before setting these safe effective traps. Hoping to catch and vaccinate the badgers the next morning, protecting them from death.

7 Am I was introduced to Gillian, who led the way. After a good walk to the location where the traps that had been baited with irresistible peanuts to a badger it was interesting to see if it had been successful.

From a distance, I could see something moving, and there it was a young badger in the trap, beautiful. So full of life and why anyone would bring any harm to them is just beyond me. This year alone 100,000 Badgers as well as setts were destroyed, and ask yourself for what reason?

This innocent animal does not deserve that. For further information, and to help change, join your local Badger group. I too am a member of the Trust where they keep me up to date with the current situation, inviting you to virtual meetings to talk about what has been put into place to help this vulnerable Mustelidae and that being said play a big role in what Gillian and the team are pre suing.

On the day of meeting Gillian, we were fortunate to catch and release three young Badgers each being safely injected and protected, giving these badgers a second chance in life. Gillian and the volunteers have taken their own time to learn and study the scheme. Gillian and Debra have taken a few years of training to ensure that these badgers are in the best hands with big support from the Derbyshire wildlife trust where Gillian also works and represents.

The aim of this article is to help people have a better understanding of these vulnerable, little Humbugs!

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