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With a fighting spirit and human help, the red squirrel is fighting backThe red squirrel’s plight is well known, but, recently, there have been some encouraging signs of a revival. Vicky Liddell listens out for rustling overhead.
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The battle for our countryside rages onArguments about the despoliation of the British countryside in the name of economic survival are not new, nor are they going away.
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'This event epitomised our vision for me: snow leopards and people living in harmony'This Earth Day, the World Wide Fund for Nature asks its experts to remind us what it's worth fighting for.
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Rooting for you: The many merits of the valerianA versatile herb valued as a tonic for the nervous system, valerian’s soporific effects were once considered a great asset to public decorum, discovers Deborah Nicholls-Lee.
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A window on the wild: The best of British wildlife photographyThis year’s British Wildlife Photography Awards celebrates the wonder of the natural world. Whether it’s a patchwork leaf-cutter bee hard at work or the springtime spectacle of boxing hares, here’s our pick of the best shots
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Stop being led astray by red herrings — here is what the fish is really likeChris Dwyer takes a deep dive into the rich and intriguing lore of the flatulent fish that gave us Yarmouth Bloaters and kippers.
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What is everyone talking about this week: How to get rid of the foxes on your roof?A skulk of foxes has occupied the roof of Google's building in King's Cross for close to a year. The tech behemoth wants them gone: but where will they go?
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Bringing home the bison: The lords looking after the UK's largest land mammalThe imposing yet sensitive bison isn't a common sight on our shores, but a cohort of enthusiasts has taken up its cause.
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The chalky figures festooning our landscape might be a mystery, but they delight us nonethelessThe abstract white steed of Uffington and the excitable giant of Cerne Abbas may be Britain’s most famous chalk icons, but our landscape is filled with plenty more
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What is everyone talking about this week: Walk more slowly, will you?It should not necessarily follow that Spring begets a spring in one's step. Indeed, there is more to be said in this fair season for slowing down.
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Burford Brown eggs have become a household name, but what of the hens who lay them?Arthur Parkinson salutes the preferred breed of royalty, aristocracy and celebrity.
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'I’m in awe of him. He’s very special. I’m just in the shadows of what Attlee does': A brief guide to the working cats of BritainFrom seafaring heroes of the Royal Navy to the solemn halls of Westminster, cats have a long and distinguished tradition of assisting in the workplace.
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‘It looks like a miniature hamster. It’s just absolutely exquisite’: How the lucky ladybird took the worlds of French patisserie, jewellery and interior design by stormCountry Life isn't the only brand obsessed with the teeny-tiny ladybird, says Susanne Madsen, who investigates why we all find them so appealing.
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What is everyone talking about this week: Where have all the rabbits gone?There used to be dozens in every field, emerging at springtime and dancing around us in a pastoral conga line. Where are they now?
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Why national parks are our national prideAs the Peak District, which was the first national park in the UK to be designated, celebrates its 75th anniversary, Country Life celebrates our national parks.
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The ancient stretch of the Yorkshire Dales being revitalised by the Woodland TrustSponsor Content Created With The Woodland Trust
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Is this the new Bruton? How Nottinghamshire's grandest estate reinvented itselfWelbeck Abbey has been in the Portland family for nearly 300 years. The new generation has turned its once sleepy reputation around.
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'The ache for English orchards and hedgerows is rooted in a landscape that generations of poets have studied as scripture': Jacqui Ritchie, poet and wife of Guy, on the magic of springWith this week’s equinox marking spring’s long-awaited calendar arrival here in Britain, Jacqui Ritchie investigates the spell it has always cast over the nation’s poets.
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It's not all birdsong and blossom: The gardener’s spring-time battlesThis month saw the launch of Hortistry, a horticulture scheme championed by some of the finest gardeners in the country — and the timing could not be better.
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A world with a toad hiding in your garage is richer than one withoutThe common toad has always enjoyed a special place in our national imagination, but its numbers have been declining alarmingly in recent decades. What can be done? Sarah Langford investigate.
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What is it, therefore, that makes a good walking stick?As it turns out, quite a lot. Gabriel Stone investigates.
