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  • The plants of Dollar Glen

    September 15, 2014 /

    Following my feature on the Trees of Dollar Glen, I'm taking a look at its lovely array of wild plants (and a couple of show-stealing insects!)

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    Remembering the magic of mistletoe

    December 8, 2019

    The gentleness of willow

    March 18, 2023

    The ancient oak woods of Taynish

    July 2, 2015
  • Bird’s foot trefoil

    August 2, 2014 /

    Affectionately called 'hen and chickens' or 'bacon and eggs', the flowers of bird's foot trefoil light up sand dunes, heathland and rocky shores

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    The whirlpool of Corryvreckan

    July 7, 2012

    The darkness of the yew

    October 26, 2014

    Meadowsweet

    August 16, 2019
  • In a nutshell: the daisy or ‘day’s eye’

    May 31, 2014 /

    Known as the 'day's eye', because the flowers open only in full sunlight and close up again at dusk. Perhaps we should feel guilty about mowing their heads off!

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    The magic of the birch

    February 14, 2013

    Heath spotted-orchid

    June 14, 2012

    The spirit of the alder

    August 23, 2015
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