The Hazel Tree

by Jo Woolf

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  • The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014 /

    Evergreen, toxic, and able to live for thousands of years… it's no wonder the yew tree was revered in ancient times.

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    The magic of the birch

    February 14, 2013

    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023

    The fire of the ash

    August 9, 2016
  • Ghosts of St Andrews

    October 17, 2014 /

    A spooky tour of St Andrews, where it seems that every street and every building has its own spectral inhabitant. Would you wander around here after dark? I'm not sure I would!

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    Dowsing at Torphichen and Cairnpapple

    July 10, 2015

    Stronefield: a mill, an abandoned settlement, and a lost Jacobite’s cave

    August 15, 2021

    St Andrews: the glorious Cathedral

    March 20, 2014
  • In a nutshell: the oystercatcher

    September 12, 2014 /

    A lovely strand of folklore is attached to this much-loved shore bird

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    Three favourite woodlands for autumn colour

    September 17, 2017

    The ivy green

    November 20, 2022

    Bluebell enchantment

    April 16, 2015
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    "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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