Writing tagged: ‘Calder Valley’
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The nearly dead tree
Each spring, I visit a particular corner of the Moor to check if an old friend has managed to survive another winter.
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The return of the delicate flapwort
On a second expedition I made in search of a rare plant. This time, I accompanied someone who knew what he was doing.
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In search of the delicate flapwort—and why we need tricorders
On an expedition I made in search for a rare plant, and the need for DNA-assisted species identification devices.
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Exploring my damp patch
For many years, I’ve sought in vain for a particular wild flower on my local patch—a plant that inspired Charles Darwin to write an entire book on insectivorous plants.
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Finding new ways
How plants can end up in the strangest of places.
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The Thomas Browne Affair
On the seventeenth-century polymath Sir Thomas Browne, and his tenuous connection with my local moor.