Today's Autumn Arrival Spotlight is the Blackcap! 🍂 Once seen as summer visitors, more and more Blackcaps are choosing to winter here in the UK. Listen for their sweet song brightening up gardens and woodlands even in the cooler months.

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Greetings from Armenia, where the Armenians are gracious enough to let me try some basic phrases in their language – which is thrilling for an Indo-Europeanist like me. I'm getting a kick out of ordering two things with երկու (yerku) 'two', the unbelievable Armenian cognate of two/deux/dos/dva/etc.

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Meet the Pintail in today’s Autumn Arrival Spotlight! 🦆 Known for their striking long tails, these graceful ducks migrate thousands of miles to enjoy our rich autumn wetlands. Look out for their stunning silhouette in flight over our lakes.

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Ah the Nuthatch, a busy little woodland favourite. 😍 It's that time of the week! What wildlife has caught your eye recently?

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For #standingstonesunday I have a horizontal stone at the beautiful Arbor Low in Derbyshire. It is Sunday after all so I feel it's OK if this stone is relaxed.

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