Legend says this lake is by the hill where Merlin saw the red dragon, symbol of Wales, defeat the white dragon of the Saxons, foretelling the coming of King Arthur.
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Eyed hawk-moth is the forest’s dark star
July is a month of massive moths and their spectacular caterpillars.
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Sharing a home with the buttercup bees
A cloud of tiny black bees fizzing outside the bedroom window tells me summer is here. For me, the real[…]
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Hidden elm crouches in west country hedges
English elms: the trees that are all around us which we don’t see.
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Grafting to make new apple trees
These saplings will help improve the landscape near the line of pylons that stalk across the Marshwood Vale
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In the Age of Fire: Dark Mountain issue 15
The spring 2019 issue is a collection of non-fiction, fiction, poetry and artwork that responds to living in the ‘age of fire’.
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Goldeneye lichen’s quiet resurgence
Golden Cap, Dorset: This rare species is now re-colonising the south coast of England after an absence of more than a century.
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Nest that nurtured sharp sparks of spring
Looking inside an abandoned wasps’ nest found in an outbuilding in late winter. A piece written for the Guardian Country Diary.
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Walking in the wild woods at midwinter
This piece for the Guardian Country Diary was inspired by a night walk in the woods near Wytherston with members[…]
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Seeking salmon in Taunton town centre
The River Tone at Taunton flows brown beside shopfronts, cafes and the Brewhouse theatre, sliding smoothly under footbridges, easing by[…]
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