Rural affairs
Country diary: An Arctic rarity has caused a stir | Claire Stares
Langstone, Hampshire: Hunkered down out of the wind, away from its cackling cousins, is a lone Sabine’s gull
Claire Stares
27, Jan, 2023 @5:30 AM
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
Post-Brexit farm subsidies in England revealed
Farmers will be eligible for funding for up to 280 actions that protect environment under new system
Fiona Harvey and Helena Horton
26, Jan, 2023 @12:14 AM
New farm subsidies regime could be great for nature – if properly funded
Environmentalists are giving England’s newly announced post-Brexit subsidies system a cautious welcome
Helena Horton Environment reporter
26, Jan, 2023 @12:01 AM
Country diary: The linnets have brought out the merlins – and the twitchers | Derek Niemann
Broom, Bedfordshire: These exhilarating finches are quite something to watch, with their whirring wings and showboating glides
Derek Niemann
25, Jan, 2023 @5:30 AM
Almost one in 10 local bus services axed over last year in Great Britain
Exclusive: Cuts come despite government’s levelling up promise to improve transport connectivity
Michael Goodier and Jedidajah Otte
24, Jan, 2023 @4:36 PM
Country diary: Drifting wrappers and thudding pine cones mean only one thing | Mark Cocker
Goyt Valley, Derbyshire: Spotting a species as rare as the crossbill isn’t easy. So you need to play detective
Mark Cocker
24, Jan, 2023 @5:30 AM
Country diary: Days like these have inspired great art | Carey Davies
Harewood, West Yorkshire: Today is a day of big weather in an even bigger sky. And yet, my eye is drawn to a flock of overwintering chaffinches
Carey Davies
23, Jan, 2023 @5:30 AM
Thousands march across Dartmoor to demand right to wild camp
More than 3,000 people protest on estate of Alexander Darwall after his court victory ends right to wild camp in England
Tom Wall
21, Jan, 2023 @9:46 PM
Country diary: The briefest, luckiest glimpse of a harvest mouse | Kate Blincoe
Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: It’s the time of year for surveying the UK’s smallest mouse, so I’m taking to the fields with notepad and stick
Kate Blincoe
20, Jan, 2023 @5:30 AM
Country diary: Dripping trees and a swollen Tamar | Virginia Spiers
Gunnislake, Tamar Valley: On a dim winter day, lurid moss shrouds the tree trunks, the fallen limbs and sprawling roots
Virginia Spiers
19, Jan, 2023 @5:30 AM
Country diary: Much to be found in the two inch-tall rainforest | Phil Gates
Egglestone, Teesdale: Crouch down at this time of year and you’ll see the irrepressible energy of new foliage, fresh shoots and spring’s promise
Phil Gates
18, Jan, 2023 @5:30 AM
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