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The Shortest Month

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I once worked with a Sci-Fi nut who took pride in seeing everything, knowing everything and being first to everything. With a brand-new Star Wars film on the horizon he […]

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Buzzards…

December 9, 2016by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

To paraphrase a former Labour Party spin doctor, 2016 has been a good year to bury bad news. At least, it might have been if people were still worried about […]

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Polarization

November 8, 2016by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I often wonder how other people view ‘time’ in their minds. Mine shapes like a loop in a rollercoaster, blurred at the bottom, but specific dates (my birthday for one) […]

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The State of Nature

September 14, 2016by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

Today saw the publication of the latest State of Nature report – a ‘stock take’ of our wildlife made by over 50 of our conservation organisations. Unsurprisingly, the results do […]

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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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Shapes

February 10, 2016by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

With less than five weeks until the end of the fishing season, I am normally fishing frenetically in early February, but even on those odd days when the river has […]

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Countryfile magazine feature: Soaring Buzzards

October 23, 2014by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

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 […]

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Countryfile Magazine: Soaring Buzzards, Selected Articles

Symbiosis

October 20, 2014by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

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 […]

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Sparra’s

September 29, 2014by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

Our local house sparrow population has boomed this year. They seem to have been turning out fledglings at a regular rate since April and even now, as we approach October, […]

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