CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Some natural wonders from North East England
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Kingfisher on the river Wear in Durham city
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The river Wear begins its great loop around Durham cathedral peninsula here, at Elvet bridge. It’s always a busy spot. Aside from the rowi...
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Early spring in the Derwent Walk Country Park, Gateshead
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Some pictures from a walk last week in the Derwent Walk Country Park, Winlaton Mill, Gateshead. Silver birches and willows, seen from the t...
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Fence post lichen garden
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Maybe it's time someone produce a survey of the flora of rotting fence posts. There are so many fascinating and often beautiful examples...
Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Rusty groundsel
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To many gardeners it's a weed; to botanists it's a wild flower; to ecologists it's a ruderal - a primary coloniser of disturbe...
Sunday, March 10, 2024
Wren finds food in mossy crevices
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When I'm looking out of the kitchen window early in the morning I often see this little wren rootling around in the front garden. Here i...
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