by Ian Stephens | Aug 6, 2026 | Books, My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures
How Did I Get Here? If you’d told me back in May 2022 that, just over four years later, I’d be celebrating 1,500 consecutive days of taking and sharing a nature photograph every single day, I’d probably have laughed in your face. Back then it simply...
by Ian Stephens | Jul 12, 2026 | My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles
For June, alongside my Daily Nature Photo Challenge, I set myself a mini challenge for #30DaysWild. The idea was simple. Spend a month paying a little extra attention to the smaller things that are easy to miss. Not rare wildlife or perfect photographs, just everyday...
by Ian Stephens | Jun 11, 2026 | My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles
I must admit, when I woke up this morning and saw the weather, I wasn’t expecting much. In fact, I had every intention of working, but the rain soon decided it had other ideas! One of my few jobs of the day did produce a nice surprise though. I spotted a mullein...
by Ian Stephens | May 21, 2026 | My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles
Over the next few days our temperatures are set to rise, and with that comes one of my favourite seasonal spectacles along local footpaths and hedgerows. Cow parsley season. For many people it is simply the white blur that appears everywhere in late spring...
by Ian Stephens | May 5, 2026 | Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles
This isn’t a first visit for me, not even close. Naturescape Wildflower Farm is somewhere I come back to regularly, and over time I’ve got to know the team there really well. In fact, one of the first things they usually ask me now is, “What day are you on?” a nod to...
by Ian Stephens | May 1, 2026 | My Story, Nature & Everyday Adventures, Related articles
Some days just build as they go on. This morning started simply enough, a look over the ceanothus and straight away there was plenty happening. Bees already hard at work, moving steadily from flower to flower, one in particular absolutely loaded with pollen and not...
