All posts by Mike Howe

I am an ecologist and a composer of guitar based instrumental melodies signed to the Real Music label in California. I like to write about my work, music and nature conservation and how it all comes together. I try not to write about things I don't know much about.

New music

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Out today! https://gyro.to/79023Found

Lady’s bedstraw, kidney vetch, sweet vernal with Gateholm and Skokholm Islands in the background

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Pembrokeshire Coast National Park

Scenes from the coast path

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Thrift (Armeria maritima), red fescue (Festuca rubra)
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)
Sheep’s bit (Jasione montana)

Restoring blanket bog and heath on a Snowdonia mountain farm

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In the realm of otters and sea eagles

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On my recent trip to the Highlands and Islands of western Scotland I was so lucky to bump into this otter, busy fishing for crabs. It let me watch for a while…

New tune about all that remains good in life

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A melodic, reflective instrumental ballad on acoustic guitar about all that remains good in life, available on all platforms. Some popular links below

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Cover art by Claire Deacon

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Morning run in the snow forest

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Restoring more trees to these Welsh mountains

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In response to the climate and nature emergencies declared in Wales, many landowners are choosing to restore habitats in places instead of focusing mainly on food production. In these mountains we want more trees in the landscape and this is the beginning.

Moon rise at sunset

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I couldn’t help being stopped in my tracks by these beautiful bands of colour in the sky below the rising moon in the east, as the sun set in the west on a cold winters afternoon