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Country diary: Make hay while the sun shines? That can be tricky in Cumbria

Tebay, Cumbria: Getting the grass cut, baled and stored in the barn is one of the biggest and most important jobs of the year

The Guardian - UK · Jul 1, 2022

Country diary: Hermit crab is a rare find on West Country rockpool safari

Wembury, Devon: These crustaceans disappeared after the Torrey Canyon oil spill, only to be rediscovered six years ago

The Guardian - UK · Jun 30, 2022

Country diary: Why I let nature take its course in my ever-changing garden

Welburn, North Yorkshire: Different flowers and plants surge every year, but none reigns for long in this patch

The Guardian - UK · Jun 29, 2022

Country diary: Brontosaurian, Dalí-like trees that come with a warning

Vikos, Zagori, Greece: The oriental planes that march through this region make it so idyllic – but they are vulnerable

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2022

Country diary: A cuckoo calls me into a cove of delights

Eigg, Inner Hebrides: I venture out with the hope of seeing a great northern diver, but chance brings me greater rewards

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2022

Country diary: The unmistakable smell (and sight) of a stinkhorn

Horner, Somerset: Sandwiched between sweet-scented holly and aromatic fir is this fascinating if pongy fungus

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2022

Country diary: A safari of seabirds unbothered by human presence

Inner Farne, Northumberland: The tourist boats come and go, but the vast numbers of guillemots, puffins and kittiwakes carry on regardless

The Guardian - UK · May 31, 2022

Country diary: A warm and safe place for slowworms to breed

Allendale, Northumberland: With three wooden compost bins in my garden, I’ve made sure that it is an attractive place for them

The Guardian - UK · May 30, 2022

Country diary: If you want to feel giddy and small, look up at the sky

M5, Somerset: Clouds only last for minutes, constantly dissolving and reforming. But what grandeur in that short life

The Guardian - UK · May 27, 2022

Country diary: Helping our summer migrants in a hostile environment

Caistor St Edmund, Norfolk: Swallows and house martins are arriving from sub-Saharan Africa – the least we can do is welcome them with mud baths, not netting

The Guardian - UK · May 20, 2022