Birth of a Naturalist

"It lay on the wayside like a magic carpet."

"No wonder yellow wagtails used to be called the sunshine bird."

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"In a world with kingfishers, isn't anything possible?"

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"Graveyards: they're our places of life. It's the common, little things that are the most beautiful."

"They bring the sky to us."

"I felt as though I was looking down on some tributary of the Amazon; it's all here, on our doorstep."

"It hung for a while like a snagged branch"

"It must have lain unseen, snagged in some bush, for years"

"That day it was a blazing beacon of life. It stands as one of the glories of the world."

"It's like biting into the sun; I used to sleep here and look out the window at the orchard."

"Did you notice it last night? It was a supermoon."

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"Here is a rarity: a flower whose leaves take the limelight."

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"So, we're living in lockdown. Even as we're sitting here, spring is on the move."

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"It's the bird of the poets. You know, when you hear a song thrush, you really do think everything's going to be okay."

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