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Paper engineering, a sacred herb, wonderful webs, a face at the window and a new arrival on ivy.
So here we are, in the last days of summer, just a few days away from the start of astronomical autumn (September 23rd. 2026). Like much of the natural world this speckled wood butterfly, basking in the heat of the sun that sinks lower in t...
Hop-pickers’ torment
My youngest son found this his exquisite little caterpillar of pale tussock moth Calliteara pudibunda while he was cutting down the rampant ornamental hops that festoon our garden hedge. Aside from its colour and spectacular hairiness, one...
A weevil playing possum, aromatic umbellifer seeds and tansy in a churchyard
Reflexed stonecrop Sedum rupestre, thriving amongst withered mosses on a drystone wall in Weardale.
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A triple-whammy of heatwaves has frazzle...
Commas dressed for summer, an enchantress, a dishevelled robin and rats in the chicken run.
This tree is one of my favourites - an ancient, decrepit, sweet or Spanish chestnut Castanea sativa, in Auckland park, Bishop Auckland.
It looks much the same now as when i first saw it, 50 years ago, but now it only has two living branch...
Campions stir memories of the perfect chocolate biscuit
Red campions Silene dioica
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Memory works in mysterious ways, doesn’t it? Mention the word ‘campions’ and the botanical corner of my brain conj...
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Botanist, naturalist, Guardian Country Diarist. Profile image courtesy Omi Gates @omigates
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