CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

The ruins of the old lead mine workings at the top of Slitt wood, along Middlehope burn at Westgate in Weardale have a lovely flora at this ...

Carnivorous butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris plants grow amongst the ruins of an old lead mine at We...

Thursday's Guardian Country Diary describes some of the wildlife that has colonised the old disused lead mines at Westgate in Weardale...

If every there was a Jekyll-and-Hyde of the plant kingdom, this is surely it. At this time of year common butterwort Pinguicula vulgaris pr...