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WIN A Copy Of A Richness Of Martens By Polly Pullar
Regular contributor Polly Pullar has an exciting new book out on the pine martens of Ardnamurchan - and we've got five copies to give away! Mobile previewDesktop previewEdit snippet
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Bird On A Mission
For nature expert Jim Crumley, the remarkable sight of an osprey fishing never ceases to amaze. Read his fascinating account of one such encounter here...
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Puffin-spotting On Lunga
Lunga, in the Treshnish Isles, is one of the best places to see puffins in Scotland. Find out more here, and check out our gallery from a recent visit!
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Jay Is For January
Our nature expert Jim Crumley encounters a jay, or, as the colourful bird is described in Gaelic, a “sgreuchag-choille” – screamer of the woods One of those half-dark-at-noon January […]
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A… Chaos of Swans?
When startled by a microlight or helicopter, geese and whooper swans have an unusual and dramatically different response… Sometimes the hardest part is getting into the passenger seat from […]
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Herons – Dressing Down
No prizes for herons in fashion or architecture… Herons, I once wrote, are flamingos dressed by Presbyterians. I like the image so much, here it is again. The writer’s conceit, revisiting […]
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Jim Crumley | A Day In The Life…
An insight into a typical day for nature writer Jim Crumley … I am walking the line between Highland and Lowland, a ridge to the south of the Trossachs’ mountain heart. […]
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The Missing Lynx
As the forests of Scotland revive, Jim Crumley reckons its about time a former resident deserves a billet I once sat and watched a pair of captive lynxes for half an […]
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Watching Woodland Carpenters
At last it is September, and I head for the woods. Every season has its moments in the woods, but September is when my least favourite of all the seasons’ variations […]
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A Swift Encounter
The swifts came late. If you remember April 2012 at all you will remember it with a shudder. North-easterly winds, rain, sleet and snow, and spring hiding its head under […]
