Captain America: Brave New World is the latest movie in the long-running Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Ring-necked parakeets are in the news again. Although they’ve been in the UK since the 1800s, and first bred here in
1969, over fifty years ago, periodically a news item with dire warnings about invading parakeets is dusted off and broadcast.
A yew’s lifetime can transcend centuries surviving for over a thousand years, often
appearing immortal. The heart wood can rot away while other parts can regenerate.
A hen blackbird sunk low in its cupped nest, its upturned beak protruding over the rim, is often an enduring childhood
memory.
In medieval times, Nightjars were seen as a bad omen. When hunting moths and other insects in farmyards, they were believed to drink milk from the udders of sleeping goats, transmitting a disease that would cause blindness.
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Secretive yet common. The hedge sparrow is as much a familiar bird in urban areas as in the countryside, every park
and acre of farmland.
Age increases value. That’s why I rarely venture outdoors for fear of being held to ransom. But antiques are hard to
define. Artwork and artefacts increase in value as they age, but when mass-produced are rarely valuable unless they’re defective.
