Thin blue glass. They have been relentlessly blue, and the ground is like bleached iron after our driest spring for decades. If nature was the product of a single instant, Surrey would be a desert. But winter bequeathed spring a high water table. From that, or perhaps just dousing from morning dew, the fields remain […]| A Walk with Wildlife
It takes centuries to grow an ancient woodland. A springtime to grow blossom. Eight minutes for sunlight to reach Earth. Eight years for a white helleborine to turn from a seed into a wildflower. And a lifetime – more than a lifetime – to learn the wild things that knew this island long before humanity […]| A Walk with Wildlife
How finely can nature be sliced? Imagine a thousand species in your lounge – it would be mayhem unless they keep a polite distance through occupying different chairs. In the wild, divisions a…| A Walk with Wildlife