The Secret life of Fallow Deer

My name is Owain Barton – I am a PhD student at Bangor University. The project I am working on focuses on the fallow deer population in the Elwy Valley region of North Wales. Deer are among the most treasured and charismatic wildlife species in Britain. They are...

25 years looking for a Plank

I had spent the last 25 years looking for a plank. A friend had once cut around a plank of ash the outline of a canoe paddle. It sat against his yard wall for years. I never found out if he ever finished it. I could clearly imagine it, taking a 3-dimensional shape and...

Arian dan Rhedyn – Planting in Bracken

Bracken land gets a bad press. It’s seen as an unproductive weed encroaching on grassland. But with the right management, it is excellent land for establishing magnificent woodland. David Brown shows you how to make bracken a friend of your tree planting scheme...