Wildfires aren’t just dramatic images of scorched hillsides — they’re a fast‑moving emergency for the animals that call these places home. In the UK, we often imagine wildfire as something that happens in distant countries, yet recent blazes across moorland, heath, grassland, and even woodland edges show just how vulnerable our landscapes have become during hotter, drier spells.

Well, this month has been a special one. If you’re a long‑term reader of my posts, you’ll know that my journey into wildlife photography began with watching the Peregrine Falcons at Tewkesbury Abbey. I’ve spent a good amount of time down at the Abbey again this month, watching these magnificent birds. This year has been a mix of joy and sadness, but certainly never dull.

Already we are halfway through the year! It’s crazy how fast this year is flying by! This month hasn’t been plain sailing! When I returned home from working away, I was in hospital, three days later I returned home after an operation to remove my appendix! So trips out has been hard with not being able to drive and under doctors instructions rest. Well that’s what I have had to do! As time has gone on, I was able to do short trips out, all the trips this month has been tha