Writing tagged: ‘proto-sidelines’

Stuff I wrote before I conceived of my ‘Sidelines’ section, but, in retrospect, should rightly be filed there.

Where has all the heather gone?

The Moor is looking decidedly lacklustre this August.
The Rough Patch

On the advantages of being a crap gardener.
Going camera-less

Taking walks without lugging around a massive camera bag: it’ll never catch on!
High tides and volant voles

An unplanned visit to the flooded Dee Marshes is rewarded with a wildlife spectacle.
What I did on my holidays

An Anglesey timelapse video.
Spoonbill identification: harder than you might think

Struggling to identify a species is the best way to learn.
Wren visit

In which I find myself face-to-beak with Troglodites troglodites.
Turtles of the air

What links sea-turtles, swifts, and railway viaducts? Plus some handy ornithological photo tips.
A monument to lethargy

Sloth is a much-maligned sin, as our driveway demonstrates.
A British wildlife spectacle

Every spring, something happens in Britain that ranks alongside any wildlife spectacle you might see on telly.
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.
The Art of Sloe Gardening

In which I attempt to grow blackthorn seedlings from sloes collected last autumn.