I love going back to the same riverside path at the edge of the city. It’s so familiar, but thanks to nature no visit is…
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‘A glittering new world of intrigue’: the rich stories Britain’s insects have to tell
I never expected a later-life love affair. But a few years ago, I was commissioned to write a book on garden insects and the earth…
View More ‘A glittering new world of intrigue’: the rich stories Britain’s insects have to tellCountry diary: A little miracle by my feet – a four-leaf clover | Kate Blincoe
I am up to my ankles in thick mud, scraping horse poo up from a waterlogged pasture. It’s been a tough winter for anyone who…
View More Country diary: A little miracle by my feet – a four-leaf clover | Kate BlincoeCountry diary: To Ukrainians, the storks’ return is a glimmer of hope
My name is Oleksandr Ruchko and I am a birdwatcher. Because I am 59 years old, I still have another few months when I can…
View More Country diary: To Ukrainians, the storks’ return is a glimmer of hopeCountry diary: A race against time for this thick broth of frogspawn
Things change fast this time of year. One moment it feels like summer, the next like deepest winter. New migrants arrive every day. One morning…
View More Country diary: A race against time for this thick broth of frogspawnSpring in the countryside is a wonder – but it is tinged with sadness | Emma Beddington
Last spring, I finally moved out of town. That makes it sound like I gave in after decades of edgy murder-mile living, rivers of piss,…
View More Spring in the countryside is a wonder – but it is tinged with sadness | Emma BeddingtonBlooming flowers, fledgling birds … the UK’s spring is early – and always will be
A blackbird feeding a fledged youngster in early January. Red campions flowering four months early. And the earliest recorded sighting of a rare beetle. Wildlife…
View More Blooming flowers, fledgling birds … the UK’s spring is early – and always will beCountry diary: narcissi are back in flower – omens of spring
A succession of blossoms cheers the prevailing gloom, and belies the fact of winter in my semi-wild garden. Perfume wafts from the thicket of Daphne…
View More Country diary: narcissi are back in flower – omens of springCountry diary: trees with deep-rooted emotional significance
What is it about certain trees that so moves people? On the debit side of this relationship, I know one friend who, when a beloved…
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