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A gift of geology
The Garden Bird Survey makes me grateful our city has space for forest (8 minute read)
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Ebb and flow
Our native forests are doing more for us than we realise (11 minute read)
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Scar tissue
I reflect on the paradoxical place of invasive plants in our landscape (9 minute read, free for all readers)
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Bird's-eye view
It's time to count the birds, because birds count! (11 minute read)
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Underwater vision
Nicole Miller helps us see what is happening to Wellington's coastline (14 minute read)
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Wonder falling
An appreciation of autumn leaves (7 minute read)
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Moth May
Some of my work from the Moth May challenge on Bluesky (6 minute read)
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A stinging attack
How can we protect our honeydew beech forests from wasps (12 minute read)
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Happy Birthday Turnstone
Five years of making the science behind important issues accessible (7 minute read)
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The poisoner's garden
Botanising one of ancient Rome’s most magnificent paintings (8 minute read)
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Delectable or deadly?
Risk assessment for foragers (12 minute read)
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Breathing space: part three
The air that we breathe and some desert memories (2 minute read)
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