“Hedge-banks and ditches are russet with the browns and yellows of the dead bracken fronds. The distant trees show mistily in the winter air”
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“From the moss-covered old alder stump young leaves are breaking, and close beside the stump there is a wild duck on her nest”
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“By the first week of April, the lambs that were born in February are large enough to enjoy springtime games. The blackthorn is now in full blossom.”
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“In late October tall bracken fronds are turning from russet to golden yellow, and the colours blend with fungi, the pheasants and the spindle-tree berries.”
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“Rooks are gathered in their rookeries, rebuilding the nests of last season”
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'Z porośniętego mchem pnia starej olchy wyłamują się młode listki, a tuż obok pnia w swoim gnieździe leży dzika kaczka.'
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Boyhood treasure & influence - ‘Starlings flying in converging flocks towards their roosting place in the trees beyond the lake… Their chatterings can be heard from far away and so can the whirring of their passing wing beats.’
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“In the holly tree, which is rich with red berries, fieldfares, redwings, and mistle-thrushes are busy feeding”
(1959)
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“Autumn, with its heavy rains, has filled the pond to the brim, and has flooded the track to the farm.”
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RT FisherSciEU 'RT Helen Day: “In the first week of March the wind blows hard, swaying the reeds and bushes and bending the big trees beyond the lake to its cold breath.”
The first page of ‘What to Look for in Spring’
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“When the corn is ripe, flocks of sparrows raid the heavy-grain ears.”
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'Kiedy zboże dojrzeje, stada wróbli napadają na ciężkie od ziarna kłosy.'
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'Pod koniec października wysokie liście paproci zmieniają kolor z rdzawego na złocistożółty, a kolory mieszają się z grzybami, bażantami i jagodami trzmieliny.'
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“From the moss-covered old alder stump young leaves are breaking, and close beside the stump there is a wild duck on her nest”
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