From the Blog
Stories, observations and guides from Britain’s wild places.
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Pilgrimage For The Turtle Dove
O yonder doth sit that little turtle dove, He doth sit on yonder high tree, A-making a moan for the loss of his love, As I will do for thee, my dear,…
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The Sixty-Sixth Bird: Corncrakes in the Dales
“And still they hear the craiking soundAnd still they wonder why—It surely can’t be undergroundNor is it in the sky”— John Clare, The Landrail, 1832 A Missing Voice In the archive of…
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Ten Great Sites to See Spring Migrants in the Yorkshire Dales and Beyond
The cuckoo, hobby, redstart, spotted flycatcher and pied flycatcher make extraordinary journeys from Africa to Britain each spring. If our recent article on spring migrants inspired you to go looking, here are…
