Nicola Chester

Nature Writer and Activist

storm damage

  • Nature Notes

    Alleluias and Storms. Turning the key in the lock before work, the notes of a bird dropped faintly through  the cloud and stopped me in my tracks, the way a much-loved song suddenly connects above the noisy hubbub of a café, when you hadn’t been aware of any music playing. I froze, head cocked to […]

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  • Nature Notes

    A Tree Fell in the Forest. I was in the stable when the force of our second named storm, Barney, impacted. The lights in the houses across the field flickered and there was a wrenching shriek of tearing, rendered wood, a dull thump and a thrashing like waves crashing on a shingle beach. The hairs […]

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