Nature Essays


Where the following pieces have appeared in any of my publications this is indicated. Otherwise, all await publication as part of a future collection.

In the summer of 2018 I wrote a series of nature articles for the Halifax Courier and associated papers. Most are being edited for inclusion in a forthcoming book of nature essays. Two later appeared here:

The Joy of Sunflowers, 31st Aug 2018:
 https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/environment/the-joy-of-sunflowers-1-9328496

The Importance of Teazle, 21st July 2018:
https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/lifestyle/the-importance-of-teazle-1-9259798

I have uploaded audio recordings of several of these essays:

Bulrushes, cottongrass, and dippers:
https://www.mixcloud.com/SimonZonenblick/three-nature-essays-two-plants-one-bird-bulrushes-dippers-cottongrass/

Heather and teazle:
https://www.mixcloud.com/SimonZonenblick/two-essays-on-calder-valley-plants-heather-and-teazle/

 4 bird essays: green woodpeckers, geese, muscovies, parakeets:
https://www.mixcloud.com/SimonZonenblick/four-essays-on-calder-valley-birds-green-woodpeckers-geese-muscovies-parakeets/

Other wildlife essays:

From my essay The Curlew:
 https://www.mixcloud.com/SimonZonenblick/an-excerpt-from-my-essay-the-curlew/

My essay: In Defence and Celebration of Slugs:
https://www.mixcloud.com/SimonZonenblick/my-essay-in-defence-and-celebration-of-slugs/

From my unpublished book Heron Memories:
https://soundcloud.com/user-682739581/the-opening-segment-of-my-book-heron-memories
https://www.mixcloud.com/SimonZonenblick/taken-from-my-book-heron-memories/
https://www.mixcloud.com/SimonZonenblick/heron-memories-ecerpt-herons-in-urban-areas/
https://soundcloud.com/user-682739581/another-excerpt-from-my-book-heron-memories










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