Wild Words: Kirsteen Bell
What made life easier for farmers and crofters was a death sentence for the bird across Scotland and England.
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Wild Words: Kirsteen Bell
If seeing the first swallow of the year is considered a good omen, what does it mean to see the last?
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I do not remember at any point looking down at the ground beneath my feet back then and wondering what was living in there before the diggers came in.
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The Handbook says that blaeberries are harvested in commercial quantities in Scandinavia ‘without detriment to the plants or the environment’.
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Wild Words: Kirsteen Bell
A stag strolling through a friend’s garden prompted him to ask if the stag was there because there were no cars and people on the road, or if it had always walked there and all that had changed was that he was there to see it.
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Wild Words: Kirsteen Bell
Into the Wildwoods looks at the ways in which our Mesolithic ancestors understood the complex habitats and ecosystems in which they hunted and gathered.
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The writer’s life: constantly wondering if you are good enough
Kirsteen Bell, from Duisky, is a regular freelance reporter and contributor on The Lochaber Times. This week she tells of her delight at winning her first literary award.