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Articles by Sara Hudston

wasps nest

Nest that nurtured sharp sparks of spring

4th February 2019 admin Articles, Home

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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Fallow deer in woods

Walking in the wild woods at midwinter

7th January 2019 admin Articles, Home

This piece for the Guardian Country Diary was inspired by a night walk in the woods near Wytherston with members[…]

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River Tone through Taunton

Seeking salmon in Taunton town centre

12th December 2018 admin Articles, Home

The River Tone at Taunton flows brown beside shopfronts, cafes and the Brewhouse theatre, sliding smoothly under footbridges, easing by[…]

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Nightjar mobile phone mast

The nightjar: A bird associated with lost souls

3rd August 2018 admin Articles, Home

Ten o’clock on a hot, still evening with the dew falling like nectar on parched ground. As the dusk gathers,[…]

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St Wite's Shrine

St Wite, goddess of Dorset

27th June 2018 admin Articles, Home

Who was St Wite? Nobody knows. She is a mystery, and that is part of her power. There are no[…]

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Sinkhole Bronkham Hill

The South Dorset Ridgeway’s hollow hill

1st June 2018 admin Articles, Home

The sound of chiff-chaffs shouting in the woods falls away as I follow the South Dorset Ridgeway upwards to the[…]

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Great crested newt

Great crested newt, squashed

3rd May 2018 admin Articles, Home

It’s the yellow that catches my eye. Bright egg-yolk splotched with black warts, glistening against wet tarmac. Long, striped toes.[…]

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Dark Mountain 13

Wanting wild horses – Dark Mountain 13

17th April 2018 admin Articles, Books, Home

Nearly seven thousand years ago the people who lived beside the Samara River on the Russian steppes created a cemetery[…]

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Dave Symonds thatcher

Hardy’s ‘red tyrant’ still rules – threshing wheat reed

2nd March 2018 admin Articles, Home

It takes five workers eight hours to thrash three acres worth of wheat reed. That’s enough to thatch the average[…]

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'Lost in the Mist' by Kerrie Ann Gardner

Numens, ghosts and fugitives

22nd January 2018 admin Articles, Home

Some places invite responses from the deepest part of the unconscious mind. Dig down through the strata of fiction and[…]

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February 14

Heartwood for #ValentinesDay a holly tree growing in the embrace of a beech on Coneygar Hill, Bridport

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February 12

Piece of Tudor pottery and and 18th-century brick found when digging the garden.

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Big skies over Charmouth towards #GoldenCap

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