I bought this book to give as a gift but had to keep it. There are 50 illustrations by the painter Hannah Dale of baby birds and animals in Flying the Nest: The early days of Britain’s best-loved animals. Each entry also includes some fascinating summaries of the animal’s breeding habits, offspring, and even insights […]
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About Kriss Floral art photographer chasing wild flowers I turned to the soothing beauty and peace of nature and flora – leading to botanical art photography – when I decided to leave my career covering conflicts and breaking news stories. My first job as a young journalist was being sent by NBC News to Beijing
“Determined that this diary should start off with a bit of flourish, I sallied forth on this fine winter’s day to see what I could find in bloom. The answer was, quite a lot.” Richard Adams, A Nature Diary from Winter An anthology for the changing seasons“ It’s easy to assume that all the blooms
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Finally my children went on a rock pooling adventure. It was one of those beach activities they had never done so I needed to teach them how to be rock pool explorers. I took them to National Trust’s Birling Gap in East Sussex which is known for its rock pools at low tide. We lived two years
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Yeah it’s bluebell time in the woods! When the ancient woodlands around the valley where we lived in southeast England turned blue, I used to take my twins Luce and Theo for walks to see the bluebells every year. Often they flower away for weeks non stop. Sometimes my kids were rather annoyed with them
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This week my twins were thrilled by the experience of bottle feeding some baby lambs. Usually I’m the one in our family that gets rather excited by the sight of baby lambs in the English countryside. It just gives me that spring feeling and makes me think they just look right “In England’s green and pleasant
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We’d heard there was a badger sett somewhere in the woods near us but we weren’t sure where it was exactly located. It was time to be nature detectives and follow a badger path to see whether it would lead us to the sett. Badger communities – or clans – live in underground communal dens
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One of the most stunning spring sights in Britain is woods filled with bluebells. Already now in March, if you take a walk in any of the ancient woodlands or parks, you can see their green shoots everywhere. Oh so soon these woods will be shimmering with violet blue flowers to make our hearts sing! My
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On nature walks we constantly spot animal footprints and can see where they roam when we’re not about. We’ve also been on a nature detective hunt following badger trails. Finally we decided it was time to learn how to make casts of animal tracks so we could find out who had been sharing those same
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I’ve been making lots of chocolate treats recently, not only for the family but as gifts. During the winter holidays I gave friends homemade blackberry vodka and chocolate truffles. Personally I adore it when someone gives me a box of luxury chocolates although the hard part is having to share them. With Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day both approaching,
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