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Rats!

September 26, 2017by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I’ve been a little concerned about the lack of grass snake hatchlings emerging from the compost heap this autumn. By now I would have expected to have seen several, and […]

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Campion-ing the Cause….

May 16, 2017by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I have really enjoyed writing a monthly column for BBC CountryFile Magazine, not least because of the amount of things I have learned. Research can become lazy in the internet […]

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Waifs and Strays

August 22, 2016by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

August is an interesting month. Having been spinning in a post-referendum maelstrom, the Olympics (and a new football season) have provided a welcome distraction from the what-ifs, maybes and surely […]

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Smooth Operator

July 1, 2016by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

It seems quite incredible to consider that our rarest reptile, the smooth snake (Coronella austriaca)  was only recognised as a British species in 1859. A specimen caught six years earlier […]

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Trumpet Blowing

June 6, 2016by Kevin Parr 4 Comments

A month has passed since publication day and its very much a case of so far, so good for Rivers Run. Sales have been solid, book shops have been ever […]

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Sloughing heck it’s cold!

April 27, 2016by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

It has been a peculiar week. Eight days ago I drove home towards the setting sun, after an afternoon spent on a favourite patch of Dorset heathland. The air had […]

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