Country Life

A TREE planting group has branched out and planted more than 1,000 saplings despite severe limitations caused by the Covid-19...

Aaron's Rod, Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus)THIS is a weed common in waste places, roadsides and field edges, but the five...

Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)BLUEBELLS get off to a flying start, flowering quite early on in May. These iconic harbingers of the...

ONE of the most significant nature recovery programmes to restore and enhance two outstanding landscapes in the English uplands has...

Viola riviniana (Common Dog-violet)THIS tiny violet starts to appear in hedge banks, woodland and old pastures from April onwards. Violets...

PLANS to create a series of wildlife ponds at Barningham to house an endangered newt species have been submitted to...

Dog's Mercury (Mercurialis perennis)WHY is it called dog's mercury when it has nothing to do with dogs (except for poisoning...

ANGLERS are hoping for warm settled weather to give the Tees trout season a similar kick-start to last year.Because of...

COMMUNITY composting group Rotters will showcase the latest in sustainable building when work starts on its new eco-centre.The group last...

SEEDS from some of the oldest trees in County Durham have been cultivated and the resulting saplings planted in Teesdale.The...