northeast Archives

Tree Lichens and Royalty

May 11, 2012June 20, 2019

————————- In these four pictures we are looking at the same beech tree. See if you can work out which way you are looking in…

October 21, 2011January 19, 2022

It has been quite a restless few days. Last Saturday I spent the morning in London as a guest on BBC Radio 4’s Excess Baggage.…

October 23, 2010November 26, 2018

I have just been watching a beautiful full moon rising above the trees in the east. It was shrouded in layers of cirrostratus for a…

June 25, 2009November 26, 2018

It must take some dedication and effort from the spider to spin their webs, so it is no surprise that they have worked out ways…

June 21, 2009November 26, 2018

Happy Summer Solstice everyone. Sunrise and sunset will be closer to north than east or west at this time of year for most of Scotland.…