CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

  This a Douglas fir  Pseudotsuga menziesii  cone, easily recognisable by the papery bracts, resembling the hind legs and tail of a mouse, a...

  Watched some interesting behaviour by a great spotted woodpecker recently. It arrived at a sallow carrying a Sitka spruce cone in its beak...

Today's Guardian Country Diary , which describes the impact of a sudden snowfall in Teesdale last week, also features the opening of t...

We are in the Christmas tree season - a Baltic state and German tradition introduced into Britain by George III's queen and popular...