Recent content by McBiggles

Having done many cetacean skulls, just drop it in a large barrel of plain water and let nature take it's course. Preserves all the delicate bones as well...

Was in the middle of editing to upload an incorrectly rotated image, got a Permission Denied error and the original post has disappeared! Can the mods recover or do I have to upload again? Frustrated of Mayfair.

Apologise for delay in getting these pics up, but it's been a very dry summer (worst drought in 70 years!) which made tracking very hard, coupled with hunters 'removing' several of my subjects :( So I had to wait for a new 'crop' to move in. These tracks are 'mum' and what is probably last...

In NZ we use the fine hairs off the fronds of the Punga Fern for primary tinder, they dry very quickly at body heat and takes a spark readily for transfer into a more substantial tinder, I'm thinking there's more than likely something similar (albeit not the same size) in UK. Hope that...

In our SAR team, we don't worry about keeping the cotton dry, just chuck them in a plastic bag (more for keeping the grease confined than anything else.) I've frequently done demos for hunters, Scouts etc by actively squeezing and working the cotton underwater, bring it out, shake the excess...

Southern Right Whale and calf that cruised past us while kayaking. Like a semi-submerged bus. Once in a lifetime stuff...

Well, not sure if I class as an ex-pat as I came out with family when I was a kid about 30+ years ago, but still miss rummaging around in the UK undergrowth for various berries, fungi and nuts - Feral browsing not quite the same out here, but the fishing and scenery more than make up for it...