Ascend Interview
I’m always keen to try new ways of sharing the joys of natural navigation and outdoor clues and signs. I’ve done loads of long audio…
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Tag: animals
The Nature Instinct
The Nature Instinct has been published in the US! “A captivating guide to finding one’s way in the wild.” —The Wall Street Journal “An imperative…
The Point Key
Thanks for reading my books, Dan, and for your interesting email. Tristan, I am enjoying your newest book [Wild Signs and Star Paths / The…
How to Navigate with Spiders’ Webs
Animals help us navigate in lots of ways. They form both compasses and maps for us. The map is formed in a similar way to…
Spectator Reviews Wild Signs
The Spectator have just reviewed Wild Signs and Star Paths: “It’s a thoughtful, lyrical book about the hidden connections between flora and fauna, the landscape…
Camberwell Beauty
What price to see a butterfly I’ve never seen before? I found this one in the garden yesterday and believe it is the rare migrant,…
The Bear Whisperer
I have just received some lovely and fascinating emails from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia; no, really. Here are some excerpts from our correspondence,…
BBC Radio 4 Tweet of the Day
I was honoured to record Tweet of the Day for BBC Radio 4 recently. I chose the wood pigeon, more for its physical behaviour than…
Dawn Chorus Going Global
There will be an international collaborative radio dawn chorus programme going out on BBC Radio 4 from about 1am UK time tonight. It runs until…