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Opinion: The doom-laden terminology of conservation campaigners is dragging us down — it's time we embraced some optimism
We’re not perfect, says Kate Green, but nor are we bottom of the class — and it's time we embraced that.
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Conker cheating scandal rocks world championships, a kingfisher becomes ungovernable, and dogs in the army rewarded with latest tech: It's the Dawn Chorus
Plus, the quiz of the day, a modern day Arts-and-Crafts masterpiece for sale, plus Jane Austen's writing desk returns to Southampton — it's the Dawn Chorus, our regular daily round-up of things you don't need to know, but you will enjoy finding out about nonetheless.
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Alexander Darwall: Dartmoor camping case is about conservation and preservation, not denial of access
The landowner at the centre of the legal battle over wild camping on Dartmoor explains why he has chosen to go to the Supreme Court about the issue.
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Dawn Chorus: The wild creatures back in the West Country for the first time since the reign of Queen Victoria
Pine Martens are back on Dartmoor — but why?
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Jason Goodwin: 'Ahead of the Japanese invasion of Borneo, I was told, she had memorised all the top-secret embassy codes to prevent them falling into enemy hands'
The cooing of wood pigeons in autumn reminds our columnist of his grandmother and her sisters, one of which was in a secret service in the Second World War.
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Charity issues stark warning to the Government: Restore nature now or risk losing our butterflies
Results from the most recent Big Butterfly Count show an ecosystem in serious decline, according to nature charity Butterfly Conservation.
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National Racehorse Week, a unique chance to go behind the scenes of the Sport of Kings
National Racehorse Week returns for the fourth consecutive year next month, in a bid ‘to show the public what life as a racehorse is really like’.
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Vote for your tree of the year and help save our 'Living Legends'
This year's theme is 'Magnificent Oaks', and the competition aims to spread awareness that trees have little legal protection, according to organisers the Woodland Trust.
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Animals that trespass on our railways, ranked by how often they do it
We've all been delayed on or waiting for a train due to some nonsense on the line. Now, Network Rail have released a list of the culprits.
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'World's cutest sheep' for sale in North Yorkshire
Are your sheep ugly? Do you want new, pretty ones? We have just the sale for you.
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'It was Labour that ushered in chemical-driven agriculture: it must be Labour that puts that legacy to rights'
The countryside is supposed to be a mess. It's time to farm alongside nature, rather than against it, says Agromenes.
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Gather, grow and regenerate at The Newt in Somerset, with star-studded festival lineup announced
The Newt has launched its first 'Gather & Grow' festival, which will dig into discussions on gardening, farming and wellness.
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New gene-drive technology could be the magic bullet to save our red squirrels, say scientists
Scientists at the Roslin Institute at Edinburgh believe that they can reduce non-native species proliferating without culling, and are asking the Government for support.
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‘We nearly drowned a couple of times. I loved it': Meet the royal boat builder who's spent 45 years chasing perfection
Spending his days working with traditional techniques and timber as Old Father Thames flows by only feet away, boatbuilder Mark Edwards’s career is steeped in history, Hollywood and royalty, discovers Ben Lerwill.
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Jason Goodwin: 'I slung my boots around my neck and squeezed the mud between my toes. Touching the earth with my feet — puddles, grass, leafmould — was curiously liberating'
Our Spectator columnist sheds his shoes and earths himself.
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The shire horses still ploughing the fields of London deep into the 21st century
Photographer Natasha Durlacher's passion project shines a light on the wonderful shire horses who still have a place in modern London.
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A pheasant at Charing Cross Hospital and a woodcock at St Pancras: London's rarest birds revealed
The latest London Bird Report has some interesting findings.
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The M25 and A3 junction's 'wildlife bridge' shows the way forward for Man and Nature
We must ensure that the UK’s first ever heathland green bridge, straddling the A3 and a lifeline for diminishing wildlife, isn’t the last of its kind to open, says John Lewis-Stempel.
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Golden times for golden eagles as Britain's most majestic bird of prey hits 300-year high
Conservation efforts to help golden eagles are paying off, reports Annunciata Elwes.
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Let the moon be your guide: How modern biodynamic farmers are using the tricks of the past
Biodynamic farmers aspire to generate their own fertility and plant, spray and harvest crops according to the lunar calendar. It might sound modern, but the practice is a century old.
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'Living lawmowers': How hungry hairy Hungarian hogs will help save the UK's most endangered butterfly
Yes, you read that headline correctly. Pigs and cows will help Butterfly Conservation maintain one of the last remaining breeding spots for the High Brown Fritillary butterfly.
