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Category Archives: Nature Blog

Butterfly Summer

August 14, 2019by Kevin Parr 5 Comments

Water drips from the gutter edges and streams down the bulge of the waterbutt. The ridge beyond the field just a vague blur behind a screen of rain. Its welcome, […]

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Garden Party

July 4, 2019by Kevin Parr 2 Comments

Spring has sunk into high summer. Days of hot sunshine and sneezes, the air thick with pollen and a rapidly expanding grasshopper orchestra. My time has been stretched. A new […]

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Bloodlines

April 8, 2019by Kevin Parr 2 Comments

  Such is the power of the current Brexit storm, that any issue unconnected (and many things connected) is swept out of thought almost as soon as it comes to […]

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Reality

February 20, 2019by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I have come to realise that I do not much enjoy living in ‘interesting times’. If that is indeed what we can call the now. We are certainly living in […]

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Wye do we fish?

October 14, 2018by Kevin Parr 6 Comments

A week ago I was heading north-west with Chris and Merv, the passenger window down and a familiar tale of footballing woe emanating from St Mary’s via the speakers of […]

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Perfect Air

September 25, 2018by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

The first brush of autumn frost glistened beneath this morning’s sunrise. Nothing too hard, certainly not enough to drop any fruit from the hedgerows, but a glittery crunch that made […]

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Quiet

August 21, 2018by Kevin Parr 2 Comments

Nearly three months have passed since I last walked the Common. I’ve been frequently tempted, particularly when I have woken early and the air has been fresh. The prospect of […]

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Dust

July 24, 2018by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

My Dad planted an apricot tree a few years ago, grafted onto apple (I think). It has flourished in the clay soil and spread itself wide against the south-facing wall […]

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Butterflies and Thistles

July 1, 2018by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

  My daily checks of the grass snake colony (8 individuals is my best count so far) now have an added distraction. The landowner has left an area of old […]

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Parsley but no sage……yet.

May 29, 2018by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

  I cannot recall a more stunning display of cow parsley than the one we have enjoyed over these past few weeks. To be honest, it is a flower that […]

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