river kennet
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Nature Notes
Mercurial, argent: winter chalkstream. Below the high chalk of the North Wessex Downs, rainwater that has percolated through the porous substrate, flows at a near-constant 10C into benign, gin-clear chalkstreams. For otters in winter, this is a good thing. And there is potentially a better chance of spotting these elusive, mercurial creatures now: with their […]
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Nature Notes
Eels in the Classroom If, like me, you can remember the Nature Table at school, you may lament its perceived loss: much is said about how removed children are now from Nature. Yet there are imaginative teachers and organisations that realize what’s at stake if children are not immersed in nature. Which is why, instead […]