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Speaking at my first literary event, Well Read at Wasing, about my book, One Day a Thousand Songs, I…
Read MoreManaging Landscapes and Wildlife
I recently attended a film showing, followed with a panel Q&A by the journalist Sarah Roberts, ‘…
Read MoreA disappearing message
Jim Murray: Artist, River Man, Actor, and Founder of the podcast @thelastsalmon – the inspiration be…
Read MoreWhy do we need to keep our dogs on a lead?
Lots of us have a dog that we love to bits, we get a great deal of pleasure from these canines that …
Read MoreHedgerows, thickets and warblers.
From a farming perspective hedgerows are far more important than just boundary markers. They protect…
Read MoreA Walk on the Moor in Spring
Life on British moorland ebbs and flows like the tides, and spring sees the welcome return of many s…
Read MoreProject White Hart – Saving the salmon
There are around seven fish in English freshwaters currently classed as IUCN “threatened” — a global…
Read MoreWho’s Egg is That??
Each spring, the British countryside becomes a nursery for some of our most vulnerable bird species.…
Read MoreWhy hill sheep belong on the hills, and matter more than ever.
Driving through the uplands you will more than likely encounter the hill sheep, a hard-faced ewe bui…
Read MoreGarden Bird Nesting
We all carry within us a quiet map of place, our identity, shaped and drawn in childhood. For some, …
Read MoreBeing in and enjoying nature
You may think winter is a quiet time of year but there is lots going on, animals are hungry so are f…
Read MoreClose encounters with Goshawks
In the UK the Goshawk, Accipiter gentilis was almost driven to extinction by the mid-nineteenth cent…
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