Country Diary
Jun 22, 2022
2 minutes
The season at present is one of new birth. Chicks hatch and are brooded. Insects hum in the margins, larvae munch on shoot and root. The flowers that bloom lure in pollinators to help set their seed. In earths and dens, setts and scrapes, cubs, kits and leverets suckle; in the hedgerows and woods, fawns, kids and calves do likewise.
Spring is the season of procreation. In early summer, it
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