Paul Evans nature writer,
Guardian Country Diarist, playwright, poet,
broadcaster & environmental journalist
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 Orchids paint the hill a sadder shade of pink
Guardian Country Diary Wenlock Edge
6 July 2016 |  Lodge Hill expedition Watch
Re-imagining lost landscapes at People Need Nature
27 June 2016 |
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 Lodge Hill expedition Cocksfoot
Re-imagining lost landscapes at People Need Nature
22 June 2016 |  A summer of rain, roses and nightingales
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22 June 2016 |
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Life after death
‘Undead’ genes come alive days after life ends
Does death really mean the end of our existence? Great thinkers from Plato to Blue Öyster Cult have weighed in on the question. Now, a study shows that that at least one aspect of life continues: Genes remain turned on days after animals die.
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BBC Nature Documentary HD July 1, 2016
Humans artificially drive evolution of new species
Traditionally, the evolutionary development of an insect species has been explained by the notion that the female insect chooses her male partner based on size and other factors, so-called assortative mating. These mating patterns have also been believed to partially explain how the isolation between different species is maintained.
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 A bird in the house disturbs the order of things
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8 June 2016 |  Life-affirming flash of colour in the hedgerow
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1 June 2016 |  Spring happens all at once, and the woods feel giddy
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25 May 2016 |
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 Thrushling tests the edges of its hedge-world
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11 May 2016 |  Floating crowfoot toughs it out with the frogs
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4 May 2016 |  It's getting steamy in the hedgerow
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27 April 2016 |
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 Towers in a landscape
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13 April 2016 |  Crow and the vernal egg
Guardian Country Diary Wenlock Edge 31 March 2016 |  The Gothic Charm of Cormorants
Guardian Country Diary Wenlock Edge 24 February 2016 |
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 An extract from
Herbaceous
by Paul Evans, published by Little Toller Books
Yellow. p.28 |  A Monstrous Thing
An extract from
Field Notes From The Edge
by Paul Evans, published by Rider Books, 2015
Chapter 3. Strand p.38 - p.41 |  Snowdrop
An extract from
Herbacoues
by Paul Evans, published by Little Toller Books
White. p.33 - p.34 |
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 The light that made me blink |  3 February 2016 Guardian Country Diary Wenlock Edge
The pigeon cocked a conspiratorial eye at the dog as we walked by. A wind ferocious enough to peel the bird from its perch and blow it away had little effect. The pigeon sat out the squall with saintly patience. |  13 January 2016 Guardian Country Diary Wenlock Edge.
The snipe are not skulking, they’re invisible. Six stand together in the rushes beside Venus Pool, six winged probes the colour of winter marshes, |
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 6 January 2016 Guardian Country Diary Wenlock Edge
The feeling of just being watched does not make this place eldritch. A strange, otherworldly, wood, it can feel unsettling at the best of times.... |  Nature photographs by Maria Nunzia @Varvera |  9 January 2016 Guardian Country Diary Wenlock Edge
Floating in the fog free of meanings. |
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