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Moth ClarkBirding in The Gambia
Read more170 different species in just 10 days! Last week, just as the birds fly south to escape the British winter,…
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Jane TomlinsonSquonk
Read moreSide 1 track 3 of Genesis’ 1977 album Trick of the Tail tells the tale of the squonk, a mythical…
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Jane TomlinsonThe extinction of the Great Auk – 3 July 1844
Read moreThe Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) was once a common and magnificent sight in the sparkling waters of the North Atlantic.…
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Jane TomlinsonAudubon’s Birds of America
Read more“With the exception of the mockingbird, I know no species so gay and frolicksome” Audubon wrote of the red-headed woodpecker…
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Jane TomlinsonThe terrible price of Kenyan flowers
Read moreNot so long ago, roses were expensive. Now you can get six blooms for £4 at my local Tescos. The…
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Jane TomlinsonMaking a drypoint: Still life in Eynsham
Read moreI’ve just finished making a picture, called Still life in Eynsham, a portrait of the village where I live. I’m…
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Jane TomlinsonTikis at the edge of the world
Read moreThe French Polynesian islands of the Marquesas, make up the archipelago farthest from any continent in the world, lying more…
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Jane TomlinsonQuagga – a great striped hope
Read moreOne hundred and twenty-five years ago today, on 12 August 1883, the last quagga died in Amsterdam zoo. ...
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Jane TomlinsonThe hills are alive with the sound of birdsong
Read moreWe got back from Sardinia at the end of last week after nine fascinating days. From my point of view…
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Jane TomlinsonA moment with David Attenborough
Read moreLast night I dreamt me and Moth arrived in New Zealand and met David Attenborough, who was expecting us and…
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