Bringing a little colour to your life each day - with six things that delight, inform and entertain.
Also known as Atlantic or Celtic rainforest, the special temperate rainforest habitat is extremely rare. It exists in a number of specific locations on the west coast of Britain, and is regarded as more threatened than tropical rainforests. The lush conditions it provides are perfect for scarce plants, lichens and fungi, as well as a number of unusual animals.
Barra Airport is a short-runway beach landing strip and airport in the shallow bay of Traigh Mhòr, on the island of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The airport is believed to be the only one in the world where scheduled flights use a tidal beach as the runway.
Edith Blackwell Holden (1871–1920) was a British artist and art teacher. She became famous following the long-belated posthumous publication of her Nature Notes for 1906, under the title 'The Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady'.
When people are asked to name the most typical British meal, the answer is often fish and chips. It is believed that the tradition in the UK of fish battered and fried in oil, served with similarly cooked potatoes, may actually have been brought by immigrants. It is estimated there are 10,500 specialist fish and chip shops in the UK, selling 382 million meals every year, and earning a staggering £1.2 billion.
Throughout Northern Europe, tales were told of ghostly dogs or spirits on horseback riding through the night skies – hunting down the living to join their ranks in the Underworld.
Standing an impressive four feet high, the crane is the UK’s tallest bird. With a long neck and legs, slate-grey plumage and a wingspan of up to two metres, the loud, resonating call of the crane can be heard from quite a distance. Once a common a sight, the crane disappeared from the British countryside in the 1600s, with a combination of hunting and loss of wetland habitat leading to their decline.
Six things to delight and entertain you every day.