Rural affairs
Turning over a new leaf: the humble hedge stages a remarkable comeback
Agriculture turns full-circle as the trend for ripping out hedges is reversed… and farmers hail the ecological benefits
Tom Wall
23, Oct, 2021 @2:00 PM
Country diary: The water levels are low below this quiet hillside
St Cleer, Bodmin Moor: To the west is an undulating range of china clay country once known as the Cornish Alps
Virginia Spiers
21, Oct, 2021 @4:30 AM
Country diary: The caterpillar that sways to the rhythm of the trees
Brancepeth, County Durham: The poplar hawk-moth caterpillar loves hanging around aspens almost as much as I do
Phil Gates
20, Oct, 2021 @4:30 AM
Country diary: two mute swans are serene in the falling darkness
Water-cum-Jolly, Derbyshire: In this shadowy and claustrophobic setting, their reflections are like quavering bars of light
Mark Cocker
19, Oct, 2021 @4:30 AM
Country diary: A tidy forest floor betrays a lack of imagination
The Chevin, Otley, West Yorkshire: We tend to be averse to untidiness in nature’s spaces, but it’s the best way to encourage biodiversity
Carey Davies
18, Oct, 2021 @4:30 AM
Country diary: No camera can capture the multi-sensory assault of this waterfall
Janet’s Foss, North Yorkshire: The light at this popular spot plays with the air around you, as the water burns the skin
Amy-Jane Beer
16, Oct, 2021 @4:30 AM
Country diary: Lichen shows that there is life among the dead
Egleton, Rutland: The living pile on to the foundations of the dead, generation after generation
Simon Ingram
15, Oct, 2021 @4:30 AM
Country diary: The insects turn the air thick with chemical signals
Wenlock Edge, Shropshire: For the shieldbugs, darters and hornets, this rare moment of autumn sunshine is like a jolt of electricity
Paul Evans
14, Oct, 2021 @4:30 AM
Why are foxhunters exempt from the Tories’ ‘public order’ crackdown? | George Monbiot
Bloodsports enthusiasts appear to be running riot, while the government rides roughshod over our right to protest, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
George Monbiot
13, Oct, 2021 @6:00 AM
Country diary: Eye to eye with a shanny in the rockpool
Castletown, Isle of Man: My little pool is transmuting both shape and content for the second time today
Derek Niemann
13, Oct, 2021 @4:30 AM
Country diary: the autumn arrivals are swelling in number now
Pulborough Brooks, West Sussex: It’s almost springlike in the trees with all the birdsong, but the marshes are filling with greylag geese, teal and wigeon
Rob Yarham
12, Oct, 2021 @4:30 AM
Country diary: tapering spires rise from the common spotted-orchids
Allendale, Northumberland: I made a small meadow, allowing existing grasses and dormant wildflowers to grow
Susie White
11, Oct, 2021 @4:30 AM
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