PageSpeed = 100%
If you’re one of the very few who read this section of the site (what’s wrong with you?!) then you’ll know I like to measure the optimisation of my site with GTMetrix. Getting as close to a 100% score on … Read more
Ben Locke
Faster pages
I’m happy with the performance of the website. It’s been consistent, stable and fast since the re-write of the site (once a decent new host was found). There’s always room for improving the speed of page load times though, especially … Read more
Kiskadees & Hornbills
Two more new images have been added to the gallery today. The Great Kiskadee is a large flycatcher. It is a very widespread species but this particular one was photographed towards the far north of Costa Rica. The African Grey … Read more
Moths, Buffalo & Tropicbirds
Three new images have been added to the wildlife gallery this evening. The most recently photographed was the Puss Moth caterpillar – an incredible looking creature found locally in the Forest of Dean. Next is a Cape Buffalo (or African … Read more
Popular posts
I’ve made a small tweak to the homepage so that it now shows the most popular (most visited) posts. I might extend this to appear on other pages, or it might just remain on the homepage only. (update – I’ve … Read more
2020 Nightjar season summary – part 1
Part 1 (May – June) When the 2020 nightjar season got underway, Britain was in Covid-19 lockdown. Consequently, with everything I had planned cancelled, and with little else to work on, I decided to switch my daily ‘exercise’ to the … Read more
Butterflies and Dragons
It’s been a long time since I’ve updated the website, although I have occasionally dipped in to make some changes behind the scenes. The primary reason behind the lack of activity is obvious. Coronavirus has restricted the movements of all … Read more
Optimisation A/A
It’s been a while since I made any updates to the site. Lockdown has taken it’s toll to some extent – on a personal level the Coronavirus has brought with it some sad news, some stressful situations, and although far … Read more
Storks & Babblers
A further two images have been added to the wildlife gallery this evening. The Asian Openbill Stork was photographed in southern Sri Lanka and I found the Arrow-marked Babbler while taking a short break from driving in Kruger National Park, … Read more
Butterflies, Birds & Lockdown
Right now I should be in southern Spain searching for Iberian Lynx. However, like roughly a third of the entire world’s population, I’m stuck at home in a mandatory lockdown. Spain is having a horrible time at the moment, and … Read more
Big cats & COVID-19
This Lion has been added to the wildlife gallery today. It was photographed as I was driving south against a deadline, in order to reach Skukuza to catch a connecting flight to Johannesburg. Two males had recently finished eating a … Read more