Sidelines
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Lady Amherst’s pheasant
A rare bird visits our garden.
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Bempton
More than just gannets…
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Weird magpie
In which I encounter a brown and white magpie.
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Sibling rivalry
In nature, individuals aren’t just in competition with the elements or other species.
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The slippery slope of minor embellishments
Artistic licence in factual writing doesn’t include making stuff up.
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The gaping void between fact and fiction
Fact and fiction are discrete things, not parts of a continuum.
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A long way
A trip to Ireland.
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In the early hours
A bad night’s sleep has unforeseen benefits.
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Nature writing’s ill-defined, thriving ecosystem
There is an embarrassment of riches when it comes to whatever ‘nature writing’ is supposed to be these days. It might not all be to my personal taste, but such diversity has to be a good thing.
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Fools and dilettantes
How the problems I’ve been encountering lately are a sign (I hope) that my book is starting to come together.
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Limitations of the blog format
For some time now, I’ve been growing increasingly conscious of the limitations of the blog format in catering for the provisional nature of factual writing.
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Reading more eclectically
The more eclectically you read, the better your chances of making unexpected connections between different topics.