Can you account for your dinner?
There aren’t many perks to being a Ranger – just doing the job is enough, of course. But yesterday this
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The Ventilator
Incorporating The Ranger's Blog
Author: Matthew Chatfield
And finally… Basingstoke!
Well, fancy! Naturenet has reached the final list for the Hantsweb Awards 2007. This means that The Ranger and Naturenet
Read moreRocks, Primroses, Primates and Religion
By The Hampshire Ponderer The Ponderer cheerfully admits to being a religious person with a lifelong admiration for science and
Read moreLock up your bees!
Sometimes, the name of a species isn’t really very informative. Oonops pulcher, for example (a spider), means ‘beautiful egg-eyes’. Not
Read moreWuthering at Heights Regulations…?
So what films do rangers watch? How about “Gone with the Windfarm” or “Lord of the Ring-fenced funding“…? There are
Read moreSmall game hunting
The biggest prize of all on The Ranger’s holiday in Dorset would be a sighting of the elusive sand lizard
Read moreBraving the rare carnivores
The Ranger has recently returned from a few days house-sitting for a friend on the mainland, in Dorset. By happy
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What is the purpose of wasps?
What use are wasps? A perennial question. “Why did God make wasps?” is even asked as a theological poser –
Read moreThe elusive spitting spider is seen in action… but s-l-o-w-l-y.
One of the books which inspired in The Ranger his lifelong affection for spiders was The World of Spiders by
Read morePlastic ducks arrive in UK after 15 year journey
Some very famous plastic bath toys have, since 1992, been used to study ocean currents in the Pacific. Now they’ve
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