Writing
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Migrant waders anthology
I have provided an article for a new anthology about wading birds.
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Peregrine-harrier tag-team challenge
In which I witness a peregrine and marsh harrier hunting together—almost as a team.
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Book review: ‘At Hawthorn Time’ by Melissa Harrison
An extraordinary modern rural novel.
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Book review: ‘The Invention of Nature’ by Andrea Wulf
The adventures of Alexander von Humboldt, the lost hero of science.
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Book review: ‘The Outrun’ by Amy Liptrot
Recovering from addiction in the far north.
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Valentine’s ritual
The weekend on or nearest to St Valentine’s Day marks a seasonal ritual for us: the annual pre-spring-cleaning of our blue tit nest-box.
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Seabird jizz
When you see a bird often enough, its jizz begins to rub off on you—if you’ll pardon the expression.
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2015: a year in photos
My fifth annual video slideshow review of the year.
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Source of the mighty Humber
In which I discover (and get to name) an overlooked tributary of the Humber.
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Book review: ‘The Invention of Science’ by David Wootton
A new history of the Scientific Revolution by David Wootton.
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Book review: ‘Mr Key’s Shorter Potted Brief, Brief Lives’ by Mr Frank Key
A medium-sized mass of potted nonsense.
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Darwin on earthworms: small change writ large
A review of Charles Darwin’s wonderful final book, ‘The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations on their Habits’.