Wildlife & Countryside Services

25/08/2026

Weatherproof bags for the Pippyg and Pippyg2 will be available soon. Order now to get in the queue! 🤠

The Pippyg Bat Bag is a protective cover for your Pippyg. It protects the Pippyg from rain and wind. You can easily secure the Pippyg to a high point, for example using a lashing strap. To start using the Bat Bag, you need to: Attach the horn with the supplied materials Insert the batteries and memo...

17/08/2026

Cottage News: Rain and Peasants!

The Rain Has Come! Last night was wet. Though the sound of the rain on the roof and window woke me up too early, it was very nice to have the sound and smell of water again. Of course, for wildlife and nature it's far more important, though too late for many. Lots of species, especially but not excl...

06/08/2026

Compared to countries that still have the biodiversity we once had, the UK is silent. We need to turn things around before it's too late for wildlife, for us and for our children.

Ifyou are missing a time gone by….

You are not alone.

The UK is one of the most natured depleted countries in the world.

Pesticides have quietly stripped our countryside and rivers of wildlife.

Leaving bees, butterflies and birds to pay the price.

If you care about restoring our beautiful nature, add your name to the urgent petition calling on the government to ban toxic pesticides 👉 https://act.gp/4brzsSV

05/08/2026

Cottage News: Are these the End Times?

Is the Anthropocene the End Times? Are you familiar with geological periods?

02/08/2026

Cottage News: Fancy -30ºC in the UK?

Have you seen the National Emergency Briefing? Emma is staying for a few days and we went to see this in a local community-run pub. I'm pretty well informed about such things but we did get some new information that makes things even more worrying. For example, if the Gulf Stream significantly chang...

12/07/2026

Cottage News: Cool wildlife plus a bit of world news!

The World It's looking like Ukraine is starting to get the upper hand against Russia, which is great to see. Zelenskyy has little option but to do what he's doing, attacking Russian infrastructure and distribution while Putin targets civilians, but the environmental impact of all those damaged and b...

07/07/2026

Cottage News: More lost birds and more photos!

Finally, some good news on the 'world stage': "Dozens of British parliamentarians have urged the UK government to impose sanctions on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his justice minister, Yariv Levin, over the “systematic and well-documented torture” of Palestinian civilians in Isr...

04/07/2026

The new DarkFlight combined thermal + ultrasonic recorder is now available for purchase or for hire.

“DarkFlight combines high-spec thermal imaging and a full-spectrum bat detector in a single unit. The image quality was first rate, and watching the sonograms pulse across the bottom of the screen was fascinating. A very worthy addition to the shelf of high-quality kit that will make bat surveys more accurate and more efficient.”
Richard Crompton, Bat Ecology Specialist, Ecology Expo

Same-night, report-ready bat survey evidence from synced thermal + acoustic capture DarkFlight helps ecology teams reduce the post-survey burden of reviewing footage, matching timestamps, checking acoustic evidence, clipping key moments, and preparing defensible evidence packages. Built for bat emer...

28/06/2026

28/06/2026

Cottage News: A lot has happened since Poland! 🤠

It's been over a month since I got back from my field trip to south-east Poland and I haven't managed to sort all of the photographs or write a single email since then, it's been so full-on with work and 'stuff'. Firstly there was our 4x4 Response Wales recovery demonstration for the Search & Rescue...