October 2014 – Kevin Parr

Countryfile magazine feature: Soaring Buzzards

From a population of just 5,000 pairs in the early ’60’s the buzzard is now our most common bird of prey, and has spread from isolated pockets of the west and north, right across the British Isles. Not everyone is happy though. Calls have been made for buzzards to be culled in order to preventContinue reading “Countryfile magazine feature: Soaring Buzzards”

Symbiosis

Whenever I’m creeping around the woods with a mushroom basket on my arm, my eyes regularly flick skyward. I’m not looking for birds, or checking for rain clouds but keeping in eye on the trees and more specifically the species beneath which I am walking. Fungal mycelium form a network of strands within the soilContinue reading “Symbiosis”

Fallon’s Angler

I received an email earlier in the year from Garrett Fallon. He had long toyed with the idea of an angling magazine that focused upon the quality of its writing rather than the fish themselves, and he was finally doing something about it. He invited me to pitch an article and I am very gladContinue reading “Fallon’s Angler”