
I’M THANKFUL I did some homework before writing last week’s piece. There was an almost immediate response on the phone, followed by a most interesting letter. It confirmed what I had already deduced, that for every story about Nature’s remedies there’s another one to cap it. (…read on »)

OUT AND about with the dogs I see plenty of evidence of spring’s progress. (…read on »)

THE CLOCK showed 5.15 - a decidedly unholy hour to awake last Sunday morning. It must have been a spontaneous reaction to reading in Saturday’s Craigie Column that Sunday was International Dawn Chorus Day. (…read on »)

THAT PARTRIDGE in the pear tree has always been the only hint I’ve had that partridges might perch or roost above ground. I’ve always regarded them as completely ground dwelling birds when not on the wing. Up till now, that is (…read on »)