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Long Live the Weeds and the Wilderness Yet
You head up the M6 making for the wilds of Scotland maybe and already the huge expanses of wide open moorland stretch for much further than you can see.
Nov 23, 2025
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For me it was the birds
For me it was birdwatching, for my brother it was seeing into the past, mooching around prehistoric burial mounds or Saxon churches.
Nov 14, 2025
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Richard Fleming
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Neighbours
Who's Land is it Anyway?
Oct 24, 2025
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Richard Fleming
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The last Great Auks
The last Great Auks, the Dodos of the North Atlantic, were probably caught and killed in 1844 on a rock called Eldey off the south-west coast of…
Apr 12, 2025
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Richard Fleming
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Get Off My Land Again!
This has been quite a week.
Apr 2, 2025
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Richard Fleming
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The Eel Trap
I have been very busy lately working on a campaign to stop the export of elvers from the River Severn.
Dec 18, 2024
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Richard Fleming
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From the Sublime...
...to Defra
Nov 15, 2024
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Richard Fleming
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Looking a bit like a Penis
Fairly recently, in the huge scale of time when tiny transparent young eels ( glass eels or elvers) have been quietly infusing our estuaries, swimming…
Oct 20, 2024
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