Autumn

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Country diary: Getting to know autumn again | Country diary
Pollok Country Park, Glasgow: Having lived on Orkney for five years, I’d forgotten about the season’s mellow fruitfulness

Cal Flyn

27, Nov, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: A time of muted colours and luminosity in the valley | Virginia Spiers
St Dominic, Tamar Valley: Leaves are filling up the tracks, glimmering in the murky shade, and our garden grows ever-more wild in the dry, mild weather

Virginia Spiers

21, Nov, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: The redwings have arrived – but why are they so skittish? | Mark Cocker
Monsal Dale, Derbyshire: Of the five common thrushes that call Britain home, these are the most unpredictable and least approachable

Mark Cocker

19, Nov, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: The last leaves are giving way to the first catkins | Phil Gates
Wolsingham, Weardale: The day is fading fast and last night’s frost is still in the air. A stretch of hazel hedge provides a brief reminder that we don’t just live one season at a time

Phil Gates

15, Nov, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: Even just a glimpse of a crested tit is a gift | Amanda Thomson
Abernethy, Cairngorms, Scottish Highlands: The tits are gathering into their winter flocks – and from among them comes a high trill, almost like a giggle

Amanda Thomson

14, Nov, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: A little miracle lurking in a bigger one | Country diary
Howden Moors, Derbyshire: Unlike many other valleys here, Oaken Bank is thick with oaks, birch and rowan, their leaves fireworks. In among it all, something catches my eye

Ed Douglas

12, Nov, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: The finest autumn colour we’ve had for years | Susie White
Whitfield, Northumberland: Even if you know the science behind it, the sight of beech and sycamore trees in full blaze can still astound

Susie White

11, Nov, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Leaf feud is mulch ado about nothing | Brief letters
Brief letters: Fallen leaves | Hot-water bottles | Male incontinence | Crocodile infestations

10, Nov, 2024 @4:44 PM

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Country Diary: A quiet autumn for acorns so far – but this oak tree is being productive | Mary Montague
Lagan Valley, County Antrim: In the low light of the woods, the fungi are faring better than the jays and grey squirrels

Mary Montague

08, Nov, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: Sometimes all we can do is savour the monumental timelessness of our landscape | Phil Gates
Forest-in-Teesdale, Co Durham: I can see signs of fiery volcanoes, scouring glaciers, and the earliest plant life. This is a place to consider the miracle of our surroundings

Phil Gates

01, Nov, 2024 @5:30 AM

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Country diary: Signs of when this ghost river was alive | Ollie Southall
Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex: Standing in a surprise bog, I spot water mint and pinch-plant, reminders of this vale’s marshy past

Oliver Southall

31, Oct, 2024 @5:30 AM

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The end of summer: why do the clocks go back in October?
Many myths suggest a reason for Daylight Saving Time, which adds an hour in October and takes one away in March

Daniel Lavelle

26, Oct, 2024 @4:08 PM

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