Ben Locke
I’ve added some more new functionality to the species list. Firstly, it is possible to completely hide the thumbnails, or to shrink them so that they don’t make the page any longer than it needs to be. Previously, the list … Read more
I’ve made a very small tweak to the species list. It is now possible to choose to hide or show thumbnails for each species. The option is not currently persistent – that will be the next thing for me to … Read more
A mixture of mustelids has been added to the gallery today. First up is an Otter photographed in the daytime on the Norfolk – Cambridgeshire border. Next is the UK’s smallest of the mustelid family, the Weasel, photographed in Scotland, … Read more
The gallery has been updated with another three images. The Minotaur Beetle was photographed at home in the Forest of Dean. The European Otter was in Norfolk whilst the Giant Golden Orb-weaver was in the sweltering heat of the Sinharaja … Read more
These images have been added to the gallery. The leopard was photographed in Wilpattu, Sri Lanka in 2017 and I was fortunate enough to be able to spend a good 30 minutes or so with this cat. The White Stork … Read more
When I decided to re-write this site, the actual appearance of it took a bit of a back seat while I worked out the functionality. Colours, fonts, backgrounds, gradients, etc were essentially just picked at speed so that I could … Read more
Another thirteen photographs have been added to the galleries – 12 species from England, Germany, Costa Rica, Sri Lanka and South Africa. Many of these pictures are from the backlog that built up whilst developing this new website, whilst others, … Read more
I’ve made some changes to the species list to make it more responsive to smaller devices. I think the standard view of the list is ok as it is really. There’s far too much information on it to comfortably display … Read more
I’ve added a previous/next post link to the bottom of every news item. It shows the previous and next news post that was posted in that category only. For example, if you’re looking at an ‘On the trail of…’ article, … Read more
Optimisation of this site has been a big task. It always feels like you’ve finished once a site is built and functioning correctly, but as with any software development, proper testing takes time, and so does getting things running as … Read more
