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Outdoor Daily III

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 18/01/202118/01/2021
  • Appreciation

A grey drizzly January day in Cornwall and yet, nature is preparing for the coming season.

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Biodiversity in small water bodies

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 14/12/2020
  • Appreciation

It is good to see that the public is reminded of the importance of small freshwater bodies for biodiversity by the Helen Briggs at the BBC: Having created a wildlife pond in my own garden […]

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Outdoor Daily II

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 21/11/202021/11/2020
  • Appreciation

Autumn brings into sharper focus that nature wastes nothing and the laws of thermodynamics. A fallen tree: Surface for epiphytesSubstrate for fungiFood for bacteriaHabitat for invertebrates Matter and energy. Life cycles. Upcycling. Recycling. Reuse. Circular […]

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Outdoor Daily II

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 15/11/202016/11/2020
  • Appreciation

A damp November Sunday under COVID-19 lockdown in the UK. ‘Damp’ is one of those understatements I adopted while spending half my life in Cornwall: the rain showers are interrupted by brief spells of light […]

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Outdoor Daily

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 04/07/202004/07/2020
  • Appreciation

The Cornish hedges near my house received their summer trim this week. It’s looking a little bleak, with all the ‘organised chaos’ of wild flowers reduced to stumps. However, the trim is necessary to keep […]

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First Arrivals

  • by Dr Charlotte Braungardt
  • Posted on 25/07/201603/09/2016
  • Epiphytes

  If epiphytes were people, we would call them clever strategists. I guess this holds true for any organism that manages to occupy a hostile corner, but I am fascinated by life forms that grow on toxic […]

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