Wildlife
The Great Salmon Leap Is On, Just
For a few weeks each autumn, fish fling themselves up waterfalls. Watching it never grows old.
Issue 214
Reading the week closely: culture, food, ideas and the wider world.
Nature Writer
Maeve keeps a bird diary, a very muddy dog and a four-decade habit of getting up too early.
17 stories
For a few weeks each autumn, fish fling themselves up waterfalls. Watching it never grows old.
2 min read
Leaves that should be down by now are still clinging on. A week of careful observation in a Shropshire wood.
2 min read
One light, one sheet and a garden in Kent. What you find when you start paying attention at night.
2 min read
When the tide turns, the whole sky fills. A morning with the volunteers who keep count.
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