• ‘Having a Bit of a Tinker’: John Clarke, Birds, and the Daily Pleasure of Writing
• Country Diary: Return of the Parish Lengthsman
• Country Diary: Ringing the Changes in the Bird Population
• Country Diary 1967: Sniffing Out Birds at the Sewage Farm
• Country Diary: A Village History Told in Maps
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• The Village Working Together to Save Britain’s Turtle Doves
• Country Diary: Sleeping Beauty Knew a Thing or Two about Spindle’s Tempting Lipstick Berries
• Country Diary: Brief Encounter with a Woodcock in the Wildwood
• Country Diary: The Cold Is Bitter, But the Views Are Entrancing
• Country Diary: Even Reduced t…
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• Cracking on With the Walnut Harvest in Suffolk
• Country Diary: Autumn Is Particularly Busy for Red Squirrels of Formby
• Country Diary: Hand-Chiselled Headstones Speak in Rural Accents
• Country Diary: Pines That Went to Passchendaele
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• Country Diary 1917: Drizzle and the Dripping, Decaying Wood
• Country Diary: The Wood Pigeons Are on the Move
• Country Diary: Kingfisher Inspires Myth
• Country Diary: A Curious Tower Sends Me over the Edge
Trees & Trimmings
• Trees in Some Cities Grow Faster Than in the Wild, and Here’s the Crazy Reason Why
• A Lovely Scientific Appreciation of Trees
• Giant Fungus Covering over 2,200 Acres Is the Largest Living Organism Ever Discovered
• 2,190 Miles on the Appalachian Trail
• Christmas Trees: Science Has Finally Found the Answ…
Feel the Earth Move
• Scientists Are about to Test a Devastating Hypothesis: 2018 Will Suffer a Lot of Big Earthquakes
• Could a Change in the Earth’s Spin Lead to More Earthquakes Next Year? – Rocky Planet
• The Real Science Behind the Unreal Predictions of Major Earthquakes in 2018
• Why Do Lights Sometimes Appear in the Sky During an…
Banter & Boulder
• Why ‘Bushman Banter’ Was Crucial to Hunter-Gatherers’ Evolutionary Success
• Why It’s Human Nature to Ignore Our Instincts
• Jimmy Chin on the Deeper Meaning of Climbing
• Japanese Gardens: The Enigmatic Art of Raked Gravel and Rocks Does Not Give up Its Secrets Lightly
• Don’t Convert Africa…
What About Hideki Matsui?
• Racer Snakes, Slug Sex, and Bat Dung Mountains: David Attenborough’s Greatest Moments
• T. Rex Arms, Wiggly Beluga Heads, and Tentacle-Nosed Moles: Smart Evolution Sometimes Looks Stupid
• T. Rex’s Tiny Arms May Have Been Vicious Weapons
• Why T. Rex’s Puny A…
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• Top 10 Books about Pastoral Life
• Country Diary: In the Slow Lane of an Old Roman Road
• Country Diary 1917: Passing Companionship in the Wood
• Country Diary: One Spider to Make a Song and Dance About
• Country Diary 1967: Summit Cairn Vandals
• Country Diary: Insects Still Find Sanctuary in the P…
Treedom
• From Tennessee to Japan, Here Are 9 Otherworldly Forest Bathing Destinations
• A Biologist Believes That Trees Speak a Language We Can Learn
• The Wisdom of Trees: Walt Whitman on What Our Silent Friends Teach Us about Being Rather Than Seeming
• When You Think of Freedom, Remember the Charter of the Forest, Not the Ma…
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• Country Diary 1917: Bungled Wasps’ Nest Theft Leads to Discovery
• Country Diary: Sycamores Create Painterly Clumps of Colour and Shade
• Country Diary: The Air Is Heavy with the Scent of Apples
• Country Diary: Up to the Gills in Toadstool Spores
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• Country Diary: Stalking Red Deer on the Fringes of the City
• Country Diary 1917: Fungi Flourishes amid Autumn Decay
• Country Diary: Henry III’s Charter Helped This Tree Survive to a Ripe Old Age
• Country Diary: The Autumn Run Is a Bruising Experience for the Fish
Inspiration Is Where You Find It
• Gecko-Inspired Gripper May Soon Snag Space Junk
• A Better Touch Screen, Inspired by Moth Eyes
• Dancing Balls Lead to a Physics Discovery
• Snow-White Beach in Australia Is Made up of Billions of Cockle Shells
• Snail in the Coffin: Left-Coiling Mollusc Jeremy Dies after Finding Lov…
Long Live Nature
• Why Forests and Rivers Are the Most Potent Health Tonic around
• The Philosophical Appreciation of Rocks in China & Japan: A Short Introduction to an Ancient Tradition
• How the Japanese Practice of Forest Bathing Helps Candice Kumai Stay Grounded
• Ikigai Is the Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life
• The Latest Longevity H…
Tree Knowledge
• Ancient Tree That Tore Itself Apart Only to Regrow ‘Most Complicated’ Ever Found
• The Life of Johnny Appleseed
• Alarm as Study Reveals World’s Tropical Forests Are Huge Carbon Emission Source
• Tropical Forests Used to Protect Us from Climate Change. Now, Scientists Say, They’re Making It Worse
• Forest Loss Means Tropics…
Unanticipated Arrivals
• Tons of Living Animals Have Floated from Japan to Oregon on Plastic Junk
• Coastal Creatures Are Crossing Oceans Floating on Makeshift Rafts of Plastic Debris, Warn Scientists
• Sea Critters Hitchhiked Across the Pacific on Tsunami Debris
• Debris from 2011 Tsunami Carried Invasive Species to North Americ…
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• Country Diary: The House Martins Have Taken Their Song and Departed
• Country Diary 1917: Ducks Float Like Toy Birds in the Early Haze
• Country Diary: Dark Trees Guard Even Darker Mysteries
• Country Diary: Solitary Wasp’s Embrace Means the End of the Road
The Accidental Rainforest
• What the Bark Is That? – The Giving Tree Isn’t Home Right Now
• Clear-Cut Tropical Forest Revitalized with Industrial Orange Peel Waste
• This 12,000-Ton Pile of Orange Peels Is Now a Lush Costa Rican Forest
• How Discarded Orange Peels Brought a Costa Rica Forest Back to Life
• The Hidden Memories of Plant…
Book Business
• The Strawberry and Raspberry Hybrid Theory: Country Diary 100 Years Ago
• The 100 Best Nonfiction Books: No 85, Common Sense by Tom Paine (1776)
• How the Rise of Paperback Books Turned to Kill a Mockingbird into a Literary Classic
• How to Rescue a Wet Book
• How to Rescue a Wet, Dama…