Writing tagged: ‘proto-sidelines’
Stuff I wrote before I conceived of my ‘Sidelines’ section, but, in retrospect, should rightly be filed there.
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Bloodless grouse-shoot
After 20 years walking on the Moor, I finally bag a brace of decent grouse photos.
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Getting jittery about swallows
It’s getting to that time of year again. Swallows are on their way.
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My bat-shit crazy hypothesis about rooks
A ridiculous observation concerning rooks, which can’t possibly be right.
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Putting the wet in wetland
Our moorlands are—or should be—important wetland habitats.
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Grouse in winter
How red grouse change their habits in cold weather.
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A new favourite place
A walk with an old friend on the Cumbrian coast.
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Autumn alignments
Our kitchen might not be of World Heritage Site calibre just yet, but each autumn there comes a reminder that our house sits on the same spinning rock as Stonehenge and Newgrange.
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Seeing purple
The Moor is at peak-purple at this time of year, with the heather in full bloom.
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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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Glorious melancholy
My photos from an out-of-season weekend at the seaside.
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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.