Woodland Trust Podcast
I recently went for a woodland walk with the BBC journalist Adam Shaw. We talked about the clues and signs we can look in trees…
I recently went for a woodland walk with the BBC journalist Adam Shaw. We talked about the clues and signs we can look in trees…
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER THE AMAZON BESTSELLER THE OFFICIAL INDIE NO.1 BESTSELLER Do two trees ever appear identical? No, but why? Every small difference is…
This is the UK cover of my latest book, How to Read a Tree. Hope you like it. It can be pre-ordered through the usual…
A guest blog by Catherine Speakman (Tess of the Vale) History seeps into the soil with the fall of every leaf. All over the world…
Tough one today! This picture was taken a few days ago, so still very much in spring. Which direction are we looking? Cryptic clue: why…
by Tristan Gooley Time outdoors has become precious and there’s a joy in this. We’re all about to get better at appreciating the beauty and…
Most people imagine trees have roots that plunge down and then spread out, with a shape similar to the tree’s canopy above the ground. In…
The photo above shows a mushroom known as the Beechwood Sickener – Russula nobilis. As the name would suggest, this is a poisonous fungus. In…
The wind, rain and sun do not affect all sides of trees equally. This creates patterns on the trees’ bark that we can use to…
The ultimate guide to what the land, sun, moon, stars, trees, plants, animals, sky and clouds can reveal – when you know what to look…
I took these two photographs during a walk in the woods on Friday morning. The second picture was taken facing the opposite direction to the…
Happy New Year! At times like this, I sometimes wonder what the Earth and Sun would say to each other if they could talk. They…
After the rather disgusting photograph a few days ago I thought it was time to right the balance with something more pleasing on the eye.…
Last night the conditions felt right for a walk in the woods. There were plenty of clouds, but large gaps suggested that the stars would…
Those who have been kind enough to spare a few moments to notice my strange interests will be well aware that I like a puddle.…
We are bearing down on stargazing-season. It is getting dark early enough in the evenings, staying dark long enough in the mornings and doesn’t yet…
I returned from a family trip to Brittany yesterday and what better welcome back than to come downstairs this morning to find Jupiter beaming at…
Last night I went for a run through some beech woodland. The perfect tonic after twelve hours straight on the book.
Picking up on a theme I touched on a few days ago, it is remarkable and delightful how differently we all see the world. Yesterday…
The more I study natural navigation, the more indebted I feel to trees. There are few environmental conditions that they do not make some effect…