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Welcome to the Natural History Website of Jonathan McGowan

Specialisms and Interests:

This website is designed to reflect my natural history interests, current activities and is regulary updated.

Alongside my practical activities I have acquired a vast collection of photographs of flora and fauna and included a small sample of the total in this website.

My blogs (below) are intended to keep a log of sightings, observations and provide an opportunity for comment and discussion.

The Natural Stuff Diary: View all entries

		Camping Caterpillars, spiderlings and leaf beetle . . . There are lots of different moth and butterfly larvae to be seen now . . .

		Quercy fungi . . . Quercus is the genus name given to the oak trees, and oaks, especially the English oak (Quercus robur) . . .

		Black adder. . . a huge black female adder (vipera berus) two years ago. I only saw her once but did not manage to get a photo . . .

		After the rains - so much rain poured through small stream systems and marshlands as the water from the surrounding hills . . .

		May beetles - there are a number of conspicuous beetles that appear during April and May. In natural grassland. . . .

		Emperor of the heath - there are many emperor moths (Pavonia pavonia) emerging from their overwintering cocoons of silk . . .

		Puss and the jay - the Puss moth is a pretty whitish grey moth, very furry looking but its larvae must be one of the most bazaar . . .

		Broody birds - breed at different times and although birds within the northern climates tend to breed within the summer time . . .

		Dream greens - here are three pics of western green lizards (Lacerta biliniata). They too have had an early start . . .

Big Cat Diary: View all entries

		Territorial antics - an area in one of my study areas where much activity is happening at the moment. A female leopard visits . . .

		More evidence - I receive so many sightings of large cats that I could not possibly put them on my website or even follow them all up . . .

		The sign of the claw - challenging aspects of the large cat subject has been whether or not the animals in question are true types. . .

You can contact me by clicking here for further details of my areas of study or if you are interested in my taxidermy or if you would like any advice regarding natural history.