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Guy Shorrock – Golden Eagle

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Guy writes: Golden eagle – it doesn’t really get much better does it! Probably one of the most well-known birds to the man on the street – symbolic of beauty, power, speed & wilderness. I saw my first eagles when I was about 11 years old on a holiday with my father to Scotland.  A…

Guest blog – Nature Writing and Gender by Daphne Pleace

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Daphne’s bio and work can be seen at www.daphnepleace.co.uk. In brief, she describes herself as an elder, writer, facilitator and lifelong learner, gone feral, wandering about in nature whenever she’s allowed out. Twitter: @DaphnePleace Nature Writing and Gender: 12 ‘different’ books by women Many of the (published) ‘nature’ books women have been writing these last…

Tim Melling – Purple Hairstreak

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Tim writes: Purple Hairstreaks are one of our commonest hairstreaks, but they are not easy to see and even less easy to photograph.  That’s because they are essentially a treetop butterfly that only occasionally ventures down to ground level.  They occasionally visit flowers but usually obtain their sugary fuel from aphid honeydew on tree leaves. …