The Hazel Tree

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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 Scots pine: keeper of the forest

    February 12, 2014

    The wisdom of the oak

    January 12, 2013

    The holly bears the crown

    November 26, 2013
  • 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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    Kilmartin church and graveyard

    July 24, 2018

    In a nutshell: the Linlithgow Palace fountain

    May 14, 2014

    Burnet rose

    July 12, 2021
  • 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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    The old pinewoods in Glen Orchy

    October 17, 2025

    Cherry galls on oak leaves

    November 18, 2013

    A December walk through Ballachuan hazel wood

    December 7, 2020
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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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