The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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Latest blog posts on The Hazel Tree

  • Before the rain
  • St Brendan’s Seat
  • Blackthorn: the darkest wood
  • Fincharn Castle on Loch Awe
  • Looking for a fairy portal

Latest blog posts for RSGS

Alexander Kellas - 'the most modest man that ever travelled the Himalayas'
Jane Digby el-Mezrab: from ballroom conquests to bedouin camps
Sir Everard im Thurn and an expedition to 'The Lost World'
Straight up the Prow: Roraima by the hardest route
  • British trees,  Wildlife & Nature

    The fragrance of juniper

    November 29, 2015 /

    Since the end of the last Ice Age, juniper has been colonising open areas of land and offering shelter to all kinds of wildlife. Now, it looks like it could do with a little help...

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    The enchantment of the rowan

    September 9, 2013

    The power of the elder

    June 21, 2019

    Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

    April 19, 2019
  • Wildlife & Nature

    Wildlife of the Caledonian forest

    February 26, 2014 /

    A close look at five of the best-loved species of Scotland's ancient pine forest, with images by wildlife photographer Mike Read.

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    Before the rain

    April 10, 2022

    The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014

    Windflowers – tears of Aphrodite

    May 17, 2013
  • British trees,  Wildlife & Nature

    The Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014 /

    Continuing my series on British trees, we're heading up into the Highlands to stand beneath a beautiful Scots pine...

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    The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

    The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014

"To dwellers in a wood, almost every species of tree has its voice as well as its feature."

Thomas Hardy, 'Under the Greenwood Tree'
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