FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Susie white - Caught on Camera

Country diary: Nesting mallard, owl and woodcock in our garden – this is the ‘human shield’ effect

Allendale, Northumberland: Once again, wildlife has made a home here, in part because they feel safe

The Guardian - UK · May 11

Country diary: Time for some spring planting – on a precarious ledge

Bowlees, Teesdale: It’s been a long road to this point, but now these pots of rare rock whitebeam are ready for the soil

The Guardian - UK · Apr 13

Country diary: The muted beauty of moth-trapping in November

Allendale, Northumberland: It’s not too late to set the trap for some wonderful species – not least the remarkable angle shades moth

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2025

Country diary: Thistles and poppies among the hard hats and concrete

Hexham, Northumberland: On this scratchy piece of ground, abandoned to all but the plants, I count 24 species

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

Country diary: A nesting woodcock is the ultimate acceptance of our wildlife garden

Allendale, Northumberland: We’ve got used to her movements over the past few weeks – and, it seems, she’s got used to us

The Guardian - UK · Jul 10, 2023

Country diary: A little corner of Suffolk, gloriously recreated in the big city

Chelsea flower show, London: The idea behind Sarah Price’s garden is to capture the essence of artist Cedric Morris’s former home. It is a true showstopper

The Guardian - UK · Jun 2, 2023

Country diary: A heritage railway visit brings a spring feast for the senses

Alston, Cumbria: While curlews glide and lapwings call, the verges are bountiful with flowers – marsh marigolds, melancholy thistle, hawthorn …

The Guardian - UK · May 8, 2023

Country diary: Many layers of history in one spot

Newbrough, Northumberland: Beneath the monuments to landowning families is a fortlet that predates Hadrian’s Wall by decades

The Guardian - UK · Mar 13, 2023

Country diary: A place where the past is close to the surface

Allen Banks, Northumberland: On an unseasonal day, I revisit a river and gorge whose landscape wouldn’t be the same without one enterprising woman

The Guardian - UK · Jan 9, 2023

Country diary: A spectacular wall of dahlias – but the insects are more choosy than me

Heddon-on-the-Wall, Northumberland: This wonderful nursery is home to some 15,000 flowers, and is an interesting test of what lures in the pollinators

The Guardian - UK · Oct 31, 2022