Opinion: Why the 'threat' of a new National Park has Galloway farmers up in arms
Galloway farmer Jamie Blackett on duck dating, snowdrop splitting, welcoming avian visitors and manning the barricades against an unwanted national park.
Galloway farmer Jamie Blackett on duck dating, snowdrop splitting, welcoming avian visitors and manning the barricades against an unwanted national park.
Professor Fiona Stafford joins James Fisher to talk about the constantly changing landscape around us.
The season of daffodils is upon us.
The future of the Neolithic site at Thornborough Henges — which has been dubbed 'The Stonehenge of the North' — has been secured, and the site saved for the nation. Annunciata Elwes reports.
Helen Rebanks, the bestselling author who became Britain's favourite farmer's wife, joins the Country Life podcast.
Alexander Darwall, 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.
Tales of phantom ships are as old as time itself, but the story of the Flying Dutchman has haunted sailors for generations.
Surging, foaming, trickling, crashing, cascading or flowing, waterfalls paint the landscape with rainbow-scattered spray and misty plumes. Here, we celebrate these streaks of molten silver, from wild moor to woodland dell, as picked out by our picture editor Lucy Ford.
Fiona Reynolds explores the ancient city of St Albans to discover how its cathedral connects with the people and geography of the surrounding area.
British river names trip off the tongue like nonsense of Edward Lear, but the meanings behind these great watercourses run deep.
Gardeners can be reluctant to take a blade to a healthy tree, but sometimes a severe pruning will leave both plant and garden in better health.
Cumbrian farmer Douglas Chalmers weighs the pros and cons of living in a national park.
After 75 years, the job required of national parks has changed. They now need to be hothouses of Nature recovery, and it’s time we got on with it, says Julian Glover.
A vital source of food, a pharmacy and a haven for wildlife, a tree's living skin is a surprisingly sophisticated surface.
Our columnist Agromenes ridicules the notion the bee-free honey is a kindness to bees.
The coldest months of the year in Britain are always January and February — despite the fact that we're getting more sunshine and daylight than we do during December. Martin Fone investigates why the weather gets colder even though the days are getting longer.
Predicting the weather using folklore is not as lackadaisical as it might seem, says Lia Leendertz, as she reveals what we can look forward to this month.
We can’t live without the industrious insects that pollinate our crops and support our ecosystem. Many of their populations are in decline, but you can help by creating a haven of nectar and nesting sites on your land this planting season.
The changing weather is having an impact on everything from hibernating dormice to caterpillars and calves.