Bears, Wolves and an Iceman
On a trip to northern Italy, Hilary Macmillan is reminded of our uneasy relationship with carnivores.
Playing international pétanque
Hilary Macmillan remembers back to the high spot of her boule playing career. It has been downhill ever since.
Travels with a birder 1: extreme birding on the Spanish steppes
Hilary MacMillan tries to avoid vulture vomit to ring young nestling vultures.
Travels with a birder 2: a robin, but not as we know it.
Hilary Macmillan comes across a different type of robin on her travels with a birder.
An elegiac pondering in God’s acre
Hilary Macmillan reflects on the past history of a community in rural Herefordshire.
My downland patch: wild playing, the march of progress and a career in conservation
Hilary Macmillan contemplates a rural childhood, the loss of her wild play area and the personal journey that resulted.
Time for naturalists to step up on the biggest issue of all!
Dr Johnny Birks urges us all to take action… before it’s too late.