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Celebrating 40 Contributions to The Guardian’s Country Diary

Posted on March 17, 2025 by Mary Montague

Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhaoibh! (Happy St Patrick’s Day everyone!). It’s a wee bit of an occasion for me today – my 40th contribution to The Guardian‘s Country Diary was published this morning. So in all the celebrations today, I’m … Continue reading →

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After the storm

Posted on January 26, 2025 by Mary Montague

Yesterday there was a brief respite between Storm Éowyn on Friday and today’s pretty standard wind and rain. Thankfully we got through Éowyn fairly unscathed, losing only a couple of tiles from the “rooflet” over our downstairs bay window. Mind … Continue reading →

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It’s a bug’s life

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Mary Montague

As an addendum to yesterday’s post, I want to give a shout-out for this event this coming Friday. Unfortunately, other commitments mean I won’t get to attend myself, more’s the pity. However, having been in his company on Saturday at … Continue reading →

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Pre- and post- International Dawn Chorus Day

Posted on April 23, 2024 by Mary Montague

I’d a lovely day on Saturday, delivering a workshop on poetry and birds at Jubilee Community Farm, which is Northern Ireland’s first community-owned farm. We looked at a range of poems about birds, and then spent a couple of happy … Continue reading →

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Bright Wings

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Mary Montague

So now for that magical encounter that I first wrote about a couple of weeks ago, here. Today’s Country Diary is the big reveal. Chaffinches have always been one of my favourite species. Indeed, I previously wrote here, they were … Continue reading →

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