CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

A field on the edge of Durham city, full of thousands of dandelion 'clocks', waiting for a breeze to carry their plumed seeds aloft....

  It's hard to over-estimate how important alder seeds are as food for small finches in winter. Siskins love them, but so do goldfinches...

If I was a fastidious gardener I'd probably have dug out the dandelions in our garden long before now because ...

If I had any sense I'd probably have dug out the dandelions in the gardens long before now because they seed themselves so prolifically,...

I found this strange-looking dandelion in Newcastle this afternoon, growing beside a footpath in the city. Unlike typical dandelions (see pi...

Dandelions are a terrific source of nectar and pollen for bumblebees ... .... and for small solitary bees like those above. Can anyone ...

Found this twin-headed dandelion with a wide, flat flower stalk yesterday. There are usually four possible causes of this kind of abnormali...

Naturalists tend to be obsessed with rarities but it’s the common species that are the foundation of all ecosystems. The billions of dandeli...