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Country diary: Waves of white flowers force me to pull off the road | Ed Douglas
Stoney Middleton, Derbyshire: This place bears the scars of being quarried and blasted, but today the rock cress is lighting up the dale

Ed Douglas

09, Apr, 2024 @4:30 AM

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Country diary: Breeding buzzards in a stylish, choreographed dance | Ed Douglas
Abbeydale, Sheffield: They follow each other’s moves as though they’ve been practising this for years – which is quite possible

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12, Mar, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: Like a twilight magic trick, a woodcock bursts into the sky | Ed Douglas
Stanage, Derbyshire: At this time of day, the moorland can seem otherworldly, and full of the unseen

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09, Feb, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: A place to see from, not to be seen | Ed Douglas
Pike Low, Derbyshire: We’re fighting against wind and rain to find an ancient barrow that only reveals itself at the last

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09, Jan, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: Frost covers anything that can support its feathery weight | Ed Douglas
Blacka Moor, South Yorkshire: Four hundred human generations have inhabited this corner of the English uplands; I bet every one has marvelled at these sights

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12, Dec, 2023 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: A marginal place with a touch of magic to it | Ed Douglas
Bretton Clough, Derbyshire: A huge window of blue opens above us, and the slopes catch fire with coppery bracken

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14, Nov, 2023 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: Eye to eye with a weary toad | Ed Douglas
Birchen Edge, Derbyshire: This one, the largest I’d seen for a while, had narrowly escaped my boot as it paused in the sunshine

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10, Oct, 2023 @4:30 AM

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Country diary: A marooned fulmar chick that’s not as helpless as it looks
Aughris Head, County Sligo, Ireland: Surrounded by ocean, with its parents absent, no wonder it looked grumpy

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12, Sep, 2023 @4:30 AM

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Country diary: The flower that seems to shine on a wet summer’s day | Ed Douglas
Foolow, Derbyshire: The meadow crane’s-bill fringes this entire landscape, showing best under a lightly overcast sky

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08, Aug, 2023 @4:30 AM

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Country diary: A remote, kaleidoscope island built on shellfish | Ed Douglas
Oronsay, Argyll and Bute: The whelks, winkles and limpets brought people here in the first place, and create the stunning white beaches

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11, Jul, 2023 @4:30 AM

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Country diary: The air is filled with the scent of an intense garden bonfire | Ed Douglas
Burbage, South Yorkshire: The dry weeks of May have left the peaty soil parched. A disposable barbecue has done the rest

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13, Jun, 2023 @4:30 AM

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Country diary: Is it a thrush, or is it a mimicking starling? | Ed Douglas
Edale, Derbyshire: A brief but remarkable scene left us laughing in surprise

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11, May, 2023 @4:30 AM

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