The challenges of creating a garden by the sea are known to everyone in Guernsey: high winds, salt desiccation, drought and sunburn all have to be endured but, as our naturalist Tim Earl discovered on a recent cruise, the rewards can be breathtaking.
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Extreme gardening
Bananaquit drama
He’s seen some sights, but eight days in Trinidad yielded some of the best bird watching there is to be had. Tim Earl describes the winged ‘celebs’, including spectacled bananaquits and tufted coquettes, that put on a fantastic display within spitting distance of his veranda…
In troubled times, Gandhi’s legacy endures
More than 60 years after his death, Mahatma Gandhi’s method of non-violent social protest is still being used in the nation he helped to create.
Elephant, man!
His close encounter with an elephant in Zambia left our (not so) intrepid wildlife reporter Tim Earl shaken… and stirred…
Paradise threatened
The ‘bushmeat’ trade is flourishing and slash-and-burn farming is widespread. Four years after a coup that ousted Madagascar’s democratically elected president, Tim Earl finds the island nation teetering on the brink of environmental disaster…
A natural suggestion
It is not often a naturalist can make classical scholars sit up and think, but that’s what happened when wildlife enthusiast Tim Earl visited a Greek island in august company and suggested that the importance of Delos in mythology might be due to the presence of a cold-blooded resident…
Fun day in Fundy
It has the most dramatic tides in the world and more than its fair share of wildlife – particularly whales. Tim Earl explores the Bay of Fundy on the working boat, Day’s Catch…
Home pride
A cruise around the British Isles offers up a tour to rival any of the world’s wildlife hotspots. Tim Earl hops on board, and relishes the chance to sing Guernsey’s praises…
Flaming ohs, there they go…
A Mediterranean cruise provided plenty of excitement for birders, but it wasn’t all about nightingales and pretty pink flamingos, however elusive. As Tim Earl reports, There were cetaceans in profusion – plus a trip to Herm as a finale…
Twitching to compete
BIRDWATCHING in Guernsey has become competitive. Seriously competitive.
Who are you calling ugly?
I AM SAILING in even greater luxury on three cruises this summer after my ship, Minerva, underwent a multi-million pound refit during the winter.
Fly to the wild side
Millions of people fly over central Spain each year on their way to the costas, but beneath them can be found some of the most exciting wildlife in Europe – as our roaming naturalist Tim Earl explains.
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