Wildlife & Nature
  • History , Latest Feature , Wildlife & Nature

Remembering the magic of mistletoe

December 08, 2019 531 Views 12 Comments
Mistletoe traditions have been described as some of northern Europe's last surviving remnants of plant magic
  • History , Latest Feature , Wildlife & Nature

Finding the Faery Isles

October 27, 2019 645 Views 16 Comments
Is there some ancient magic about these tiny wooded islets in Loch Sween?
  • Wild flowers , Wildlife & Nature

Meadowsweet

August 16, 2019 1331 Views 16 Comments
Over the centuries, meadowsweet has played an important part in our natural remedies, our traditions and our folklore...
  • Wild flowers , Wildlife & Nature

Enchanter’s nightshade

July 04, 2019 1286 Views 10 Comments
Haunting damp, shady places, this shy woodland flower has a spellbinding beauty
  • British trees , Wildlife & Nature

The power of the elder

June 21, 2019 1814 Views 14 Comments
A guardian of half-forgotten places, the elder's magic is both old and dark...
  • British trees , Wildlife & Nature

Wild cherry: the last snow of spring

April 19, 2019 2068 Views 12 Comments
One of our most beautiful flowering trees is "wearing white for Eastertide"...
  • Wildlife & Nature

An exciting new project: a book about Britain’s trees

January 21, 2019 3629 Views 35 Comments
I'm delving into the traditions associated with Britain's trees for this new book to be published by the National Trust
  • History , Wildlife & Nature

The road to Loch Avich

October 06, 2018 3914 Views 14 Comments
A back road through glorious autumn countryside... leading eventually to Loch Avich and the 'Castle of the Red-haired Girl'
  • Wildlife & Nature

Back to Ballachuan

September 10, 2018 3869 Views 6 Comments
Hazel nuts and all kinds of weird and colourful fungi litter the floor of this ancient hazel wood
  • Wildlife & Nature

Rain

June 13, 2018 3800 Views 14 Comments
After weeks of dryness and warmth, the trees can sense a change in the wind
  • Wildlife & Nature

Fresh leaves in old woodlands

May 08, 2018 6536 Views 11 Comments
The woodlands are bursting into leaf, and spring flowers are everywhere. It's hard to stay indoors...
  • Wild flowers , Wildlife & Nature

Golden saxifrage

April 06, 2018 3460 Views 12 Comments
A pretty wayside plant that loves to have its feet in water
  • Wildlife & Nature

Trespassing

February 06, 2018 3217 Views 21 Comments
Renewing my love of hazels, and the spells that they weave...
  • British trees , Wildlife & Nature

Sycamore: colonist or custodian?

October 06, 2017 3388 Views 27 Comments
Often seen as an intruder in old woodlands, the sycamore still deserves a second glance for its beauty - and …
  • Wildlife & Nature

12 Trees in Autumn

October 01, 2017 2758 Views 18 Comments
Celebrating the variety of seasonal colour in our best-loved deciduous trees
  • Wildlife & Nature

Three favourite woodlands for autumn colour

September 17, 2017 2339 Views 18 Comments
Looking forward to the glorious colours of these woodlands in Argyll and Perthshire
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New book 'Britain's Trees' to be published in March 2020
I'm honoured to be Writer in Residence at the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. This book celebrates the lives of 50 great explorers......
BRITISH TREES
  • The Scots pine: keeper of the forest
  • The magic of the birch
  • The fire of the ash
  • The darkness of the yew
SCOTTISH CASTLES
  • Dunstaffnage Castle: defiant to the last
  • Smailholm Tower
  • Falkland Palace: power and glory
  • Kilchurn Castle on Loch Awe
MEGALITHIC
  • Standing stone near Loch Ederline
  • A walk to Rí Cruin Cairn
  • The Ballymeanoch stones, Kilmartin Glen
  • Clach na Carraig or Diarmid’s Pillar
CHURCHES, CHAPELS & ABBEYS
  • Ardchattan Priory: a place of serenity on Loch Etive
  • St Conan’s Kirk
  • Kilmartin church and graveyard
  • St Brendan and the Garvellachs
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