Guardian Angel of the River: A Trespasser's Watchful Eye
Part of our love for salmon is how their life's journey captivates us. But how many of us witness their behaviour on the salmon redds?
John Miller
By connecting people to nature I hope to break the town and country 'us and them' mentality. I am a trustee for the Atlantic Salmon Trust & Curlew Action, author of What's in a Year - seasons
The Legacy of 'Sporting Naturalists' uniting Nature and Field Sports
To stand on a pheasant drive with someone who has no relationship with nature is a dismal experience that does not bode well for the future.
What can a little known curlew teach us about ourselves?
Look at these photographs of the Slender-Billed Curlew, because you will never see this bird again, ever.
A naked meeting with Mrs Tiggywinkle in the night
Our ears are for listening, including alerting us to danger, and something was making a noise outside. I am glad I ventured into the dark.
Unlocking the Secrets of an understated little brown bird
You can get so easily attached to certain bird species, especially when you know they are in trouble and you have found a way to help them
An alternative A-Z guide to Gardening for wildlife abundance
Further to Jamie Blackett’s thought-provoking article on the ABC to conservation, regenerative farming, and wilding, as promised here is an ABC to conservation, regenerative gardening, and wilding for your garden.
Don’t worry if your parents’ garden tools break, I have a solution
We do timeless well in the UK. An ancient, preloved Barbour jacket can have more value than a new Schöffel fleece. Garden tools like a spade and a fork can be seen as plain implements for gardening tasks, but you should demand more, and expect more.
Beyond Climate Change: The Urgent Need to Protect Bio Abundance
Everyone will soon be coming for your piece of nature. New laws, new trends, new curiosity. It’s both an opportunity and a risk. Will you be able to cope?
Beating the January Blues: Finding Joy in Growing Your Own Food
First, it was raining every day, now it's just plain cold, what on Earth are you going to do?
Fieldfares, partridges and a love in idleness
When you first arrive on your peg before the drive what are you thinking? What are you really thinking?
"Johnny Town-Mouse and Country-Mouse Timmy Willie" - Beatrix Potter
How big is the gap now between “Johnny Town-Mouse and Country Mouse Timmy Willie”? - Beatrix Potter. Pretty big really but it's no good just complaining we need to get back to how our children are educated
When did you last hear a curlew?
Or for that matter a cuckoo, a nightingale, or a turtle dove. And when did you last see the lapwing's lazy bouncing flight behind a tractor, their sharp acrylic Robin Gilmour patterns now watery colours etched in our minds across a silent landscape