CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

  This very attractive little flower is meadow saxifrage Saxifraga granulata . It’s a species of meadows and pastures and it has been in con...

 Teesdale is a favourite destination for botanists in spring, principally because it is home to the stunning blue flowers of spring gentian ...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a piece for the Guardian Country Diary and posted some pictures here of the exceptionally species-rich Hawth...

Monday's Guardian Country Diary is an account of a wonderful hay meadow at the eastern end of Hawthorn dene, a Durham Wildlife Trust na...

Thursday's Guardian Country Diary is an account of a walk along the river Nent, between Alston and Blagill in Cumbria, taking in some l...

These pictures were taken at the end of June, during a walk from St.John's Chapel in Weardale onto the slopes of Chapel Fell, then down...