Writing tagged: ‘Dee Marshes’
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High tides and volant voles
An unplanned visit to the flooded Dee Marshes is rewarded with a wildlife spectacle.
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Newsletter No. 4: ‘Paint to pufferfish’
Robert Macfarlane • Hilary Mantel • Martha Sprackland • Viking wool • Charles Darwin’s reading habits • human evolution • praying to Elrond • drawing • making ink • Rebecca Solnit • insectivorous plants • do pufferfish hold their breath? • and more…
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The Welsh side
In all my years visiting the Dee Marshes, I had never looked across them from the Welsh side.
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Spoonbill identification: harder than you might think
Struggling to identify a species is the best way to learn.
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Hats off to geology!
Geology doesn’t receive the recognition it deserves. Our modern understanding of how the world formed and evolved is one of science’s great triumphs.
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Peregrine-harrier tag-team challenge
In which I witness a peregrine and marsh harrier hunting together—almost as a team.
