CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

  My youngest son found this his exquisite little caterpillar of pale tussock moth Calliteara pudibunda while he was cutting down the rampa...

  Reflexed stonecrop  Sedum rupestre , thriving amongst withered mosses on a drystone wall in Weardale. A triple-whammy of heatwaves has f...

  Our bath acts as a giant pitfall trap for spiders, woodlice and silverfish that often become trapped when they come to drink from a drippi...

  Tansy Tanacetum vulgare , flowering in Wolsingham churchyard this week. A wild flower species that’s often found near human habitation bec...

  Chicken of the woods Laetiporus sulphureus , growing on a decaying oak trunk in Backstone bank wood in Weardale’s Tunstall valley. This is...