FOR several years now, Yorkshire Dales environmental charity, Friends of the Dales, based in Gargrave,  has been reaching out to younger ...
Explore the challenging landscape and dedicated farming methods at Dunalastair Estate, from breeding to lambing, in this unique Scottish ...
"It's perhaps not as well known for wildlife as other parts of Wales but I regularly spot porpoise feeding offshore, seals, peregrine falcons, curlew ... more about the poem and Dylan Thomas ...
We've put together a great list of 25 walks for you to choose from and there are plenty of walks around Wales that are suited to a range of abilities and hiking preferences. From coastal treks to ...
The Curlew’s presence in our countryside, particularly its bubbling song, has long been referenced in novels and poetry. Sometimes it represents loneliness and grief, other time it depicts joy – but ...
THE iconic call of the curlew for generations has been associated with the start of spring. Sadly, the curlew is one of the country's most rapidly declining breeding bird species. But in Cumbria ...
Instead of defaulting to the notifications on my phone, poetry has inspired me to begin the day in a different way. By Charley Locke Most mornings, as soon as I wake up, I feel the pull of my phone.
Rosie Galea chuckles as she describes the call of the bush stone-curlew (Burhinus grallarius). “I’ve heard that people often think it’s a woman screaming,” she says. “The sound is certainly unique and ...
Once found widely throughout England, stone-curlew numbers declined through the 19th and early 20th century as their heathland nesting habitats were lost - and by 1985 there were fewer than 100 ...
He didn’t read book reviews—or so he claimed—and he didn’t write them, preferring instead to let his poems find their natural audience, which turned out to be a wide one. He mocked ...