CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

Probably the best weather that I can ever remember for an Easter Sunday. We took a walk along the south side of the river Wear, between Wol...

This beautiful drake goldeneye was at Tunstall reservoir near Wolsingham in Weardale this afternoon. also,  ...

I found this beautiful bolete amongst the old oaks in Backstone Bank wood, near Wolsingham in Weardale, this morning. Think it might be an o...

Found this lovely little pine cone bug Gastrodes grossipes  scurrying around below some Scots pines, near Wolsingham in Weardale today.  ...

I noticed this head peeping over the handrail of the footbridge ..... .... across Thornhope beck, near Wolsingham in Wearda...

Thursday's Guardian Country Diary describes encounters with ladybirds in Weardale and Teesdale. Back in the spring it seemed as th...