A lifetime of watching wildlife raises a troubling question: when did Britain’s ordinary insects, birds and small mammals become less ordinary, and why did we barely notice?
Tag Archives: environmental memory
Within Living Memory
A childhood in 1960s and 1970s Australia revisited through memory, family photographs and climate evidence — from suburban bushland and kangaroos to the changing Australian climate.
Within Living Memory
Has the natural world become quieter? A gardener reflects on sixty years of birds, insects, wildlife and changing gardens, asking what memory and evidence reveal about Britain’s vanishing natural chorus.
Within Living Memory
Why does Britain still compare every heatwave to 1976? A gardener and environmental observer considers historic hot summers, changing seasons and the difference between memory and evidence.
