Jim Perrin - Country Diary Articles

• country-diary-my-fellow-conservationists-take-no-notice-of-the-notices12 Apr 2025
• country-diary-a-sunlit-view-of-two-hungry-bullfinches10 Mar 2025
• country-diary-an-eruption-of-the-most-delightful-sociable-bumbarrels17 Feb 2025
• country-diary-wind-in-the-willows-and-much-more-besides15 Jan 2025
• country-diary-few-have-known-this-landscape-better-than-penny-condry23 Dec 2024
• country-diary-the-poetry-of-a-welsh-hill-with-big-wide-vistas9 Nov 2024
• country-diary-your-need-greater-than-mine-i-murmur12 Oct 2024
• country-diary-standing-up-for-the-lesser-celandine-a-truly-sensitive-flower13 Apr 2024
• country-diary-a-brilliant-flash-of-luck-as-i-was-looking-west9 Mar 2024
• country-diary-somewhere-in-the-stillness-a-bittern-lurks8 Feb 2024
• country-diary-leeches-are-sinister-insatiable-and-more-common-than-youd-think13 Jan 2024
• country-diary-prime-walking-country-with-literary-connections9 Dec 2023
• country-diary-an-imposing-stone-with-a-giant-past10 Nov 2023
• country-diary-a-secluded-and-quiet-spot-with-a-bloody-history14 Oct 2023
• country-diary-this-is-prime-wild-country-and-should-remain-so9 Sep 2023
• country-diary-a-scrattly-climb-to-llywelyns-cave12 Aug 2023
• country-diary-the-heavy-honeyed-smell-of-summer-in-wales8 Jul 2023
• country-diary-the-carrot-cousin-thats-pretty-but-deadly10 Jun 2023
• country-diary-back-to-these-cliffs-go-i-and-these-petrels13 May 2023
• country-diary-what-sights-were-seen-from-this-magnificent-cairn8 Apr 2023
• country-diary-i-rest-against-a-mighty-cairn-thats-visible-for-miles11 Feb 2023
• country-diary-a-golden-glint-in-the-gwynt14 Jan 2023
• country-diary-the-tiniest-contender-for-the-king-of-birds10 Dec 2022
• country-diary-the-changing-nature-of-the-estuaries5 Nov 2022
• country-diary-mysterious-birdsong-fills-the-air-with-sweetness1 Oct 2022
• country-diary-while-i-was-watching-pipit-and-cuckoo-so-was-something-else10 Sep 2022
• country-diary-in-search-of-a-hermit-vicars-home13 Aug 2022
• country-diary-we-should-open-our-eyes-to-the-wonder-of-wasps9 Jul 2022
• country-diary-we-rise-and-fall-with-the-treecreepers-outside14 Jun 2022
• country-diary-a-scent-filled-walk-to-a-remote-lake14 May 2022
• country-diary-the-field-is-alive-with-hares-and-its-breathtaking9 Apr 2022
• country-diary-all-eyes-are-on-the-nuthatch-for-different-reasons12 Mar 2022
• country-diary-the-ravens-are-in-the-quarry-nest-building-already19 Feb 2022
• a-victory-for-wildlife-at-this-welsh-coastal-lagoon8 Jan 2022
• country-diary-these-hills-are-my-life-but-still-they-chill-my-bones11 Dec 2021
• country-diary-a-night-time-woodland-walk-and-the-silence-is-broken13 Nov 2021
• country-diary-when-a-wolf-looks-at-you-you-freeze9 Oct 2021
• country-diary-the-ravens-call-as-i-bury-an-old-friend11 Sep 2021
• country-diary-an-alien-presence-is-bad-news-for-the-locals14 Aug 2021
• country-diary-here-the-orchids-grow-to-above-your-knee2 Jul 2021
• country-diary-little-is-known-about-this-rare-local-rodent12 Jun 2021
• country-diary-when-the-hills-come-alive-to-the-sound-of-willows8 May 2021
• country-diary-fine-gulls-on-a-warm-tide-flow10 Apr 2021
• country-diary-these-ethereal-beings-have-me-frozen-in-my-tracks13 Mar 2021
• country-diary-a-fantasy-escape-for-when-lockdown-ends13 Feb 2021
• country-diary-on-this-mystical-upland-a-case-of-mistaken-identity28 Jan 2021
• country-diary-the-floating-island-of-llyn-y-dywarchen9 Jan 2021
• country-diary-this-hill-lacks-folktales-but-has-a-mystical-presence5 Dec 2020
• country-diary-a-walk-to-the-estuary-is-a-real-hoot14 Nov 2020
• country-diary-wildfowlers-threaten-marsh-and-its-wildlife17 Oct 2020
• country-diary-the-swifts-are-long-gone-and-the-swallows-too11 Sep 2020
• country-diary-nightjars-no-longer-chur-among-the-rhododendrons28 Aug 2020
• country-diary-an-endearing-little-scrap-of-life-darts-round-the-garden8 Aug 2020
• country-diary-mighty-oaks-have-sprung-from-the-work-of-the-lively-jay11 Jul 2020
• country-diary-magpies-not-black-and-white13 Jun 2020
• country-diary-revelling-in-the-sight-and-sound-of-rooks30 May 2020
• country-diary-locating-the-true-names-for-the-landscape-of-wales16 May 2020
• country-diary-long-tailed-tits-swirl-high-like-leaves14 Mar 2020
• country-diary-where-eagles-and-extreme-ornithologists-dare22 Feb 2020
• country-diary-no-peacock-now-struts-owain-glyndwrs-land8 Feb 2020
• country-diary-a-welsh-well-of-wisdom11 Jan 2020
• country-diary-a-lone-curlews-song-is-met-with-silence12 Oct 2019
• country-diary-theres-something-of-jg-ballards-drowned-worlds-here10 Aug 2019
• country-diary-screaming-gannets-and-clever-corvids-are-out-for-food13 Jul 2019
• country-diary-st-tudwals-devoted-congregations-of-birds29 Jun 2019
• country-diary-fishing-teamwork-between-a-heron-and-a-goosander13 Apr 2019
• country-diary-heartening-view-scoter-winter-rarity-criccieth-gwynedd9 Feb 2019
• country-diary-sweeping-views-from-the-citadel-of-light12 Jan 2019
• country-diary-dramatic-scene-welsh-hills-cadair-idris-gwynedd29 Dec 2018
• country-diary-may-the-barnacle-geese-be-protected-from-all-unkind-fates10 Nov 2018
• country-diary-explosion-wildlife-old-nitroglycerine-plant-gwynedd13 Oct 2018
• country-diary-the-ferocious-beauty-of-two-natural-born-killers22 Sep 2018
• country-diary-rock-falls-and-shredded-hands-climbing-the-red-wall8 Sep 2018
• country-diary-what-hope-everlasting-bird-willow-warbler-talsarnau-gwynedd11 Aug 2018
• country-diary-fretting-at-the-bird-ledges-devoid-of-guillemots30 Jun 2018
• country-diary-loneliest-house-in-wales-snowdonia9 Jun 2018
• country-diary-close-encounters-with-our-most-exciting-raptor14 Apr 2018
• country-diary-a-long-abandoned-slate-quarrys-enduring-monuments31 Mar 2018
• country-diary-bill-condry-saxifrage-cadair-idris-gwynedd10 Mar 2018
• country-diary-laying-friend-to-rest-in-woods-woodland-burial-boduan-sanctuary-pwllheli3 Feb 2018
• country-diary-gwynedd-midwinter-discreet-beauties6 Jan 2018
• country-diary-quieter-times-for-badgeropolis2 Dec 2017
• country-diary-castlemartin-storms-spectator-sport-utmost-drama4 Nov 2017
• country-diary-gwynedd-hidden-well-seventh-century-massacre7 Oct 2017
• red-legs-green-strand-country-diary-harlech2 Sep 2017
• rock-water-sky-solitude-snowdonia-country-diary5 Aug 2017
• a-precious-single-cygnet-nurtured-in-the-marsh-country-diary1 Jul 2017
• country-diary-cormorant-sinister-bird-teifi-marshes3 Jun 2017
• fun-games-among-gulls-wales6 May 2017
• wales-traeth-lafan-birds-egret-drake-goosander1 Apr 2017
• song-dead-swan-country-diary-powys-wales4 Mar 2017
• snowdonia-storm-gulls-grebes-country-diary4 Feb 2017
• grey-end-dark-year-cricieth-criccieth-north-wales31 Dec 2016
• rock-climbing-pembrokeshire-cliff-country-diary10 Dec 2016
• solitary-little-egret-elegant-sentinel-muddy-creek-country-diary26 Nov 2016
• searching-ash-trees-childhood-country-diary1 Oct 2016
• how-converse-raven-country-diary3 Sep 2016
• dance-summer-pied-flycatcher-wales-oak-wood-cairn6 Aug 2016
• fitting-last-stronghold-whinchat-country-diary2 Jul 2016
• country-diary-grey-wagtail-dance-welsh-hills-streams-gorge-habitat4 Jun 2016
• country-diary-breathtaking-air-mastery-raven7 May 2016
• country-diary-forests-drowned-ancient-memory2 Apr 2016
• country-diary-harlech-jim-perrin-bat-winter-woodland-dusk5 Mar 2016
• curlew-wales-rivers-hills6 Feb 2016
• rasping-birds-paradise2 Jan 2016
• pembrokeshire-preseli-kestrel-gerard-manley-hopkins5 Dec 2015
• poppit-sands-geese-pembrokeshire-wildfowling7 Nov 2015
• goosander-wales-rivers-cull3 Oct 2015
• into-cothi-hell-pool5 Sep 2015
• country-diary-jim-perrin-jackdaws-harlech1 Aug 2015
• country-diary-peregrine-falcon-mountains4 Jul 2015
• country-diary-france-woodlark-shrike-species-decline6 Jun 2015
• france-wild-boar-birds-warblers2 May 2015
• nature-goshawk-stoat4 Apr 2015
• shropshire-goshawk-falconry7 Mar 2015
• country-diary-roe-deer7 Feb 2015
• country-diary-alarm-wren-weasel-attack3 Jan 2015
• counctry-diary-dram-edradour6 Dec 2014
• country-diary-montgomery-gods-megaliths8 Nov 2014
• dune-flora-wales11 Oct 2014
• painscastle-powys-ruin-cottage-keeper13 Sep 2014
• alarm-call-golden-plover-talsarnau-gwynedd-wildfowling15 Aug 2014
• llanymynech-spoils-shimmer-purest-pink-orchids18 Jul 2014
• scrawny-punks-herons-harlech-wales20 Jun 2014
• french-farmer-contemplates-boar-problem-ariege23 May 2014
• llangynidr-rough-ground-politicians-bevan25 Apr 2014
• llanfrothen-quarryman-walks-hills-peace28 Mar 2014
• harlech-gale-torn-copse-two-herons28 Feb 2014
• talsarnau-gwynedd-shooting-endangered-birds31 Jan 2014
• llanbedr-landscape-john-jones-maesygarnedd3 Jan 2014
• harlech-castle-sunset-jackdaws-battlement6 Dec 2013
• cricieth-writhing-oak-errant-bole-glaciated8 Nov 2013
• llanystumdwy-shooting-conservation-oxymoronic11 Oct 2013
• ariege-france-scurryings-hedgehog-family13 Sep 2013
• harlech-landscape-fire-the-imagination16 Aug 2013
• ariege-france-lithe-animals-stone-martens19 Jul 2013
• llanystumdwy-dwyfor-lovliest-welsh-rivers21 Jun 2013
• aberdaron-headland-distinctive-western-light24 May 2013
• aberdaron-marys-well-extraordinary-holy-sites26 Apr 2013
• menai-bridge-ariege-red-squirrels29 Mar 2013
• tregaron-snipe-drumming-welsh-evocative1 Mar 2013
• lampeter-hares-death-scream-history1 Feb 2013
• ruralaffairs-wales4 Jan 2013
• south-pembrokeshire-gentle-wobblings-fulmar7 Dec 2012
• cambrian-mountains-crystal-months-rain9 Nov 2012
• cambrian-mountains-ancient-wandering-way12 Oct 2012
• malvern-hills-landscape-piers-plowman17 Aug 2012
• country-diary-red-kite-rises20 Jul 2012
• ariege-pyrenees-daredevil-squirrels-frolicking22 Jun 2012
• cambrian-mountains-cock-redstart-back25 May 2012
• cambrian-mountains-watchers-ford27 Apr 2012
• cambrian-mountains-wales-moorland-walk30 Mar 2012
• black-mountains-spring-coming-hills2 Mar 2012
• new-quay-ceredigion-cardigan-bay3 Feb 2012
• country-diary-bala-north-wales5 Jan 2012
• country-diary-lampeter9 Dec 2011
• country-diary-lampeter-ceredigion11 Nov 2011
• country-diary-cambrian-mountains14 Oct 2011
• country-diary-ariege-pyrenees-insects16 Sep 2011
• country-diary-wales-mountain-roads19 Aug 2011
• country-diary-jim-perrin-erwood-wales-radnorshire22 Jul 2011
• country-diary-wales-birds-orchid-archaeology25 Jun 2011
• country-diary-tregaron-credigon-wales28 May 2011
• country-diary-ariege-woodpecker-birds30 Apr 2011
• hay-birds-rivers-spring2 Apr 2011
• country-diary-welsh-hills5 Mar 2011
• country-diary-ariege-pyrenees5 Feb 2011
• country-diary-wales-lleyn8 Jan 2011
• country-diary-porthmadog11 Dec 2010
• country-diary-wales-insects13 Nov 2010
• country-diary-garndolbenmaen16 Oct 2010
• country-diary-harlech-gwynedd18 Sep 2010
• country-diary-harlech-estuary21 Aug 2010
• country-diary-croesor24 Jul 2010
• country-diary-barmouth26 Jun 2010
• country-diary-harlech29 May 2010
• country-diary-harlech-jim-perrin1 May 2010
• country-diary-wales3 Apr 2010
• country-diary-bala-jim-perrin6 Feb 2010
• country-diary-cwm-pennant9 Jan 2010
• country-diary-llangynog12 Dec 2009
• country-diary-powys-corndon-hill14 Nov 2009
• country-diary-snowdonia-tawny-owl17 Oct 2009
• country-diary-ariege-jim-perrin19 Sep 2009
• country-diary-cwm-pennant-snowdonia25 Jul 2009
• ruralaffairs26 Jul 2008