CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Maybe it's time someone produce a survey of the flora of rotting fence posts. There are so many fascinating and often beautiful examples...

Thursday's Guardian Country Diary is about this remarkable 'golden' wall at Hexham, in Northumberland's Tyne valley. It...

Thursday's Guardian Country Diary explores the wonderful world of lichens that are the brightest objects on moorland in winter. Lichen...

Today's Guardian Country Diary describes a field excursion with some Durham University biology students to Chapel Fell, between Wea...