Empty, undulating peat can feel like an ocean when you're standing on it — one that offers few landmarks and many soft, treacherous sinks. Over the years I've learned that the landscape often leaves clues if you know where to look: a faint sheep-track, an old cairn, a line of tussocks, or the way water runs over the bog. These small signs can be the difference between a confident crossing and a...
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I often plan cliff-nesting kittiwake shoots around the same two priorities I have for any wildlife photography: get...
Peatland restoration is one of those practical conservation tasks where a small group of volunteers, the right kit, and...
When you spend as much time on Britain's wild edges as I do, the question of what to carry for an emergency bivvy moves...
Coastal grasslands and shingle strands are some of my favourite places to walk: a thin, wind‑scoured band where sea, salt, and soil meet. They feel fragile because they are — thin soils, specialised plants and birds that depend on open, disturbance‑free spaces. Over the years I’ve learned...
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