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  • Plant-hunting in Sutherland

    July 23, 2025 /

    The woods and coastal cliffs of northern Scotland contain tiny botanical jewels, but it's a real challenge to find them

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    Burnet rose

    July 12, 2021

    Honeysuckle

    September 6, 2021

    Enchanter’s nightshade

    July 4, 2019
  • The cuckoo in his mantle grey

    May 26, 2024 /

    This 'bird of the fairies' is calling from the woods around our house

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    Fresh leaves in old woodlands

    May 8, 2018

    Looking for catkins at Ballachuan

    January 22, 2023

    Ivy-leaved toadflax

    June 9, 2015
  • The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023 /

    In early spring, when the trees are still bare, the sight of willow catkins lifts my heart

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    Blackthorn: the darkest wood

    January 29, 2022

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015

    The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014
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