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Nature’s Layers Unravelled – Encounters with birds, beasts, and relatives

Category: Europe

Fjords and Feathers — The Wild Side Of Norway 

Fjords and Feathers — The Wild Side Of Norway 

Kakul PaulApril 6, 2025April 5, 2025

King Eiders and Atlantic Puffins, Northern Gannets and Walruses… and landscapes that evoke hushed disbelief. Kakul Paul embarks on a 16-day sojourn through Norway, discovering its varied landscapes and stunning wildlife 

Finding home in the company of birds

Finding home in the company of birds

Ramya SriramMarch 12, 2025March 13, 2025

Homesick in the UK, Ramya Sriram found comfort in the company of birds. Then followed a series of epiphanies that culminated in a different sort of homecoming for the artist, writer, musician, and birdwatcher in her

Losing and finding love in Nieuwe Driemanspolder

Losing and finding love in Nieuwe Driemanspolder

Anand YegnaswamiFebruary 13, 2025February 13, 2025

A peek into the love lives of Western Yellow Wagtails in Nieuwe Driemanspolder sets off a chain of insights into why we love, and why we win and lose at love

Wild Wallonia – A short walk in the Ardennes

Wild Wallonia – A short walk in the Ardennes

Anand YegnaswamiJuly 30, 2024July 30, 2024

Walking in Wallonia, in the French-speaking region of southern Belgium, offers an adventure through lush forests, historical ruins, and picturesque meadows, revealing its natural beauty and rich history

Where Trees Are Storytellers — Walking in Wohlleben’s Woodwide Web

Where Trees Are Storytellers — Walking in Wohlleben’s Woodwide Web

Satya ViswanathanSeptember 20, 2020February 13, 2025

Inspired by Peter Wohlleben’s The Hidden Life of Trees, Satya Viswanathan goes exploring the forest that inspired its author. Forest-bathing among the oaks, aspens and beeches of Eifel, she comes away feeling a human connection, and maybe something more…

Gudvangen, where Norse mythology lives

Gudvangen, where Norse mythology lives

Anand YegnaswamiFebruary 11, 2020April 5, 2020

Sailing to Gudvangen amid the fjords of Norway is a veritable geography lesson. And Douglas Adams wasn’t off the mark in his description of the country

Musings amid a sea of poppies

Musings amid a sea of poppies

Anand YegnaswamiAugust 21, 2019August 21, 2019

Beholding a sea of red poppies in the Netherlands spills forth a voyage of musings and memories of pages thumbed. Take a walk with Andy

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