Sandy, Bedfordshire Nectar shoppers flutter out of nowhere, a mass of moths, midges and mosquitoes chopping across the torchlit pathUnder a moonless, starless, benighted sky, head torches were switched on and we struck out across the riverside meadow. We had walked for several sure-footed minutes along a closely grazed towpath where white yarrow rosettes glowed like solar garden lights. The only hazards on that firm ground had been the nearly invisible giant plates that I stepped on and found to have hard crusts and soft hearts. Related: Country diary: Sandy, Bedfordshire: The river is my guiding light Continue reading...
We pick our steps along an Oxford Street of insects
24. srpna 2017 6:37
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/24/country-diary-riverside-meadow-insects-night-bedfordshire
Zdroj: The Guardian