Category Archives: Trees & Greenspaces

Hiking the West Coast Trail – Vancouver Island

Posted on March 3, 2021 by moselman

After writing a couple of long and challenging posts about the Spice Islands of Indonesia, I thought it would be a pleasant relief to write something rather more short and simple – something that might take only 15 minutes to … Continue reading →

Posted in Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places, World | Tagged BC, British Columbia, Canada, Coastal rainforests, Ditidaht, Gordon River, Graveyard of the Pacific, Huuay-aht, Pacheedaht, Pachena Bay, Pacific Coast, Victoria, West Coast Trail, western red cedar | Leave a comment

Seram: In the Indonesian Rainforest – Part 2.

Posted on March 2, 2021 by moselman

This post covers the second part of Operation Raleigh 10F Expedition to the Island of Seram in Indonesia – The Expedition ran from July to October 1987 as part of a global comparative research programme on the diversity of tropical … Continue reading →

Posted in History & Culture, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places, World | Tagged "alang-alang" grassland, Alfred Russell Wallace, Ambon, Binaiya, biodiversity hotspots, bioluminescence, centipedes, coral reefs, death adders, endemic species, fishing, fogging machine, Gunung Binaiya, Jarkarta, KM Rinjani, Kobipoto Ridge, Manusela National Park, marine resources, mechanised logging, Moluccas Islands, Museum of Natural History, Natural Resources, Operation Raleigh, Pasahari, rainforest ecosystems, rainforest surveys, Sawai Island, Seram, Solea Camp, timber extraction, Transmigration, vegetation transects, Wae Issal, Wallacea, Wandy Swales, Wild Pig project | Leave a comment

Seram: In the Indonesian Rainforest – Part 1.

Posted on February 23, 2021 by moselman

This post covers the first part of Operation Raleigh 10F Expedition to the Island of Seram in Indonesia – The Expedition ran from July to October 1987 as part of a global comparative research programme on the diversity of tropical … Continue reading →

Posted in History & Culture, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places, World | Tagged agathis, Alifuru, Ambon, arrows, bananas, bioresources, birds, bows, butterflies, Calloa, cassava, cassowary, cloves, comparative rainforest programme, deer, Elimata, Enclave, epiphytes, ethnobotany, exotic bird trade, Expedition 10F, flora and fauna, forest gaps, forest gardens, Gunung Binaiya, Hua Ulu, hunting, hymenoptera, kamane resin, Kanikeh, keladi, KM Rinjani, Kobipoto, lepidoptera, mace, Maluku Province, Manusela, Manusela National Park, mechanised logging, Merkele Ridge, Mt. Binaiya, nutmeg, Operation Raleigh, orchids, parrots, patatas, purple naped lorikeets, sago palm, Salimena, salmon crested cockatoos, Seram, spears, Spice islands, sugarcane, swiddens, Wahai, wild pigs | Leave a comment

Snow Days

Posted on February 14, 2021 by moselman

Straight back to the present again and winter in this part of Germany can be a grey time, often without a glimpse of sunshine for days on end. Corona lockdowns, gloomy news headlines, cancelled events and restrictive lives haven’t helped … Continue reading →

Posted in Aachen & Euregio, In Europe, Trees & Greenspaces | Tagged Aachen, cross country skiing, Eifel, outdoors, Snow, snowman, wellbeing, winter | Leave a comment

Scottish Light and Land:

Posted on January 30, 2021 by moselman

There’s something unique about Scottish light and how it compliments the landforms – just like the Scottish people (and indeed people everywhere), landscapes too have their changing moods, their storms and periods of calm when they shine radiantly like the … Continue reading →

Posted in In Scotland, Mountain Treks, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places | Tagged Assynt, Cairngorms, cultural landscapes, Highlands, In Scotland, legends, Loch Lomand and the Trossachs National Park, nature, outdoors, Perthshire, Skye, spirit of place, Stirling, woodlands | Leave a comment

On Top of the World – Two years in Solu Khumbu, Nepal

Posted on January 25, 2021 by moselman

Sometimes it’s the old adventures that are the best ! Having recently got around to scanning some old slides (it only took me 30 years !), I’m now finally able to share some of these journeys from the 80s and … Continue reading →

Posted in History & Culture, Mountain Treks, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places, World | Tagged Community Forestry Program, Deforestation, Dudh Kosi, Everest Base Camp, Fuel wood, Gokyo Ri, Gurings, Jiri, Lukla, Mani Rimdu, Mt. Everest, Namche Baazar, nature, Nepal, Phaphlu, Salleri, Sherpas, Solu Khumbu, sustainable development, Tamangs, Tibetan Buddhism, trekking, VSO | 11 Comments

Amongst Scotland’s Ancient Caledonian Pinewoods:

Posted on April 26, 2020 by moselman

One of my favourite places to be in the World must be Scotland’s ancient Caledonian Pinewoods. Although now reduced to a few remnants, these distinctive forests used to cover more extensive tracts of the Scottish Highlands. In the words of … Continue reading →

Posted in In Scotland, Trees & Greenspaces, Uncategorized, Wild Places | Tagged ancient woodland, Cairngorms, Caledonian Pine Woods, Forest Habitat Networks, Glenmore Forest, nature, nature conservation, Pass of Ryvoan, street trees | 2 Comments

Land of lakes, rocky coasts & endless forests:

Posted on April 17, 2018 by moselman

I’d never been to Scandinavia, until last summer that is, when we spent two wonderful weeks in a rustic, weather-boarded, retro-style, summerhouse set amidst lakes and forest, just a little to the East of Gothenburg. Although plenty of doomsayers warned us about the summer plagues … Continue reading →

Posted in Canoe Trips, In Europe, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places | Tagged Coastline, Gothenburg, Ospreys, Sweden, Wilderness canoeing | Leave a comment

Winter in the Vulcan Eifel

Posted on January 2, 2017 by moselman

When you think of the Earth’s great volcanic regions, you tend to think of places like Pacific NW America, Indonesia, Iceland or the Aleutian Islands; Germany, by contrast, certainly isn’t a location which naturally springs to mind. Despite this, as little as just 10,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in History & Culture, In Europe, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places | Tagged Lieser, Manderscheid, Meerefelder Maar, Mosenberg, Vulcan Eifel | Leave a comment

In the Footsteps of Rob Roy

Posted on October 19, 2015 by moselman

October is often a great month to visit Scotland and autumn 2015 was no exception, with fine settled conditions prevailing; effervescent morning mists dissolving away to leave clear skies and dramatic low angle sunlight. It was great to be back … Continue reading →

Posted in History & Culture, In Scotland, Mountain Treks, Trees & Greenspaces, Wild Places | Tagged Aberfoyle, Balquidder, Callander, Clan MacClaren, Creag an Tuirc, Kirkton Glen, Leny Estate, Loch Doine, Loch Katrine, Loch Lomand and the Trossachs National Park, Loch Voil, native oakwoods, Rob Roy, Rob Roy's Cave, Robert the Bruce, Stirling, West Highland Way, Wild goats | Leave a comment