paulevans

Article image
Country diary: An island of wild life among the empty pastures | Paul Evans
The Marches, Shropshire: Here, the elderberries reflect the world upside-down, while swallows and ravens carve up the sky

Paul Evans

28, Sep, 2023 @4:30 AM

Article image
Country diary: Sheltering under ancient yews, surrounded by past and present | Paul Evans
Pennant Melangell, the Marches, Powys: Inside the church, a story was carved into wood before it made it on to the page

Paul Evans

31, Aug, 2023 @4:30 AM

Article image
Country diary: The orb-weaver spider is still optimistic of a good harvest
The Marches, Shropshire: We must recognise the genius artist in these animals. But how many insects will this one catch?

Paul Evans

27, Jul, 2023 @4:30 AM

Article image
Country diary: A scarlet shimmer of poppies, irresistible to bees | Paul Evans
The Marches, Shropshire: On a bright day after a thundery night, the bees are sometimes three or four to every flower

Paul Evans

22, Jun, 2023 @4:30 AM

Article image
Country diary: Flashes of life as a storm comes our way | Paul Evans
Sorrento, Italy: A hornet scoots through thistley plumes and wall-lizards defy gravity. Behind it all, Vesuvius looks ready to blow

Paul Evans

30, May, 2023 @4:30 AM

Article image
Country diary: The blackbird chicks are out, and up against it
The Marches, Shropshire: Now they must navigate a precarious world of not just predators, but casual ecocide

Paul Evans

29, Apr, 2023 @4:30 AM

Article image
Country diary: The old oaks won’t believe it’s spring until they see it | Paul Evans
The Marches, Montgomeryshire: The ones here, at the home of rebel leader Owain Glyndŵr, know how to wait till the coast is clear

Paul Evans

30, Mar, 2023 @4:30 AM

Article image
Country diary: A peace-seeking letter to a rat | Paul Evans
The Marches, Shropshire: I do not see you as dirty, a police informer or drunk. Your fur has glamour. Your eyes flash jet

Paul Evans

24, Feb, 2023 @5:30 AM

Article image
Country diary: A floating ghost town with a soaring view of the world | Paul Evans
The Marches, Shropshire: At the iron age hillfort of Old Oswestry, time hangs heavy in the air here

Paul Evans

26, Jan, 2023 @5:30 AM

Article image
Country diary: The redwing is bird-brained, but far from stupid | Paul Evans
The Marches, Shropshire: If we could look inside the head of this fearless redwing as it defends its store of rowanberries, what would we find?

Paul Evans

22, Dec, 2022 @5:30 AM

Article image
Country diary: Bonsai birches grow in the tree’s crown
The Marches, Shropshire: Witches’ broom is a curious thing – the result of a fungus and looking like a bird’s nest

Paul Evans

24, Nov, 2022 @5:30 AM

Article image
Country diary: Nothing can hold back the bracken
The Marches, Shropshire: On one side, the green folds of Wales; on the other, England’s border-town streets. The bracken could take it all

Paul Evans

27, Oct, 2022 @4:30 AM

1 / 67 pages