Throughout June 2016 I’ll be blogging every day – not about writing, but about nature. Here’s why. Maybe you don’t know this, but one of my great loves is wildlife. For most people that’s a word which conjures up images of David Attenborough getting up close and personal with a gorilla, or Chris Packham holding […]
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