"... being rare often means your genetic resources are limited, and that makes you vulnerable to change. Small populat…"

"I can't say I have ever had much of a passion for proper . In fact, on about the only occasion I ever did any, I disl…"

"England is said to be one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world. It has lost most of its big wild animal…"

"The oak has long been a symbol of strength and, with the growth of the Royal Navy, also patriotic pride. It once foug…"

"s of hunting camps built about 9,500 years ago indicate that by that time Britain had become densely wooded. At , in …"

"Butterflies attract attention and cash because they are popular and attractive, and because there are rightly seen as…"

"The more I thought about it, the more obsessed I became with the idea of a swimming journey. I started to dream ever …"

"From water level, I observed the mating joined in flight like refuelling aircraft, and the random progress of the clo…"

"It is through trees that we see and hear the wind: woodland people can tell the species of a tree from the sound it m…"

"Waterlog (1999), Roger's now-classic account of swimming through Britain, published twenty years ago this year, opens…"