CABINET OF CURIOSITIES

 The moorlands of Weardale are a sea of purple heather at the moment, often stretching all the way to the horizon. Billions of tiny, nectar-...

Wildlife gardening evangelists frequently exhort us to plant native species in our gardens - quite rightly, as there are indeed many native...

It was only a little over a fortnight since we'd taken  our regular circular walk around St.John's Chapel in Weardale but, when we...

It's almost three weeks since we last visited the sunny magnesian limestone railway embankment on the disused railway line between Ga...

At 9.30am. on Monday 8th. July Brett Westwood and I are presenting the first of a new five-part series called A Guide to Garden Wildlife , ...