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Welcome to my natural history blog. Follow my journey as I attempt to translate a flurry of field snaps and scribblings into the latest instalment of The Ranger Diaries.

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A Symbiotic Alliance

Nick Wilson-Smith February 24, 2024

“For my first writings of 2024, I thought I’d go for something slightly more unconventional. We’ve all seen them on a woodland walk, on dry stone walls, fallen twigs or even on roadside trees, but they tend to at a glance be quite unassuming commodities and ones to which many will just be passersby.“

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Tags lichens, uklichens, britishlichens, ukwildlife, woodland, trees, ecology, naturediary, blog
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An Autumnal Cornucopia

Nick Wilson-Smith November 13, 2022

“My writing this month will swerve the stereotypical adjectives of this glorious season, and will instead hone in on the assemblage of phenomenal fungi that I have found, along with a couple of real periodic treasures of the fall - both of which were entirely unexpected encounters.”

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Tags autumn, fungi, toad, northumberland, lakedistrict, redsquirrel, salmon, woodland, naturediary, blog
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Mustelid Magic

Nick Wilson-Smith January 29, 2022

“Whilst I was quietly confident that birds would use it fairly quickly for bathing and preening, there was one visitor that I could never have really expected to show up, nor so promptly. The visitor in question arrived almost immediately after the pond was first filled and frequently returned for refreshment in the forthcoming days.”

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Tags winter, invertebrates, redkite, wildlifegarden, pond, badger, snowdrop, woodland, naturediary, blog
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