Tag: pleasant

Notes from the Sticks: The heart of our green and pleasant land

HERE’S a quiz question: Where is the centre of Great Britain? The answer is Whitendale Hanging Stones, about 13 miles from our Lancashire village, as calculated by the Ordnance Survey. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Whitendale_Hanging_Stones_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2169690.jpg The nearest habitation is the hamlet of Dunsop Bridge, four and a half miles south. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dunsop_Bridge_-_geograph.org.uk_-_4435165.jpg It is at the entrance to the spectacular […]

Notes from the Sticks: Some very pleasant pheasants

I WILL be honest and say this item is just an excuse to show you some gorgeous birds. After I wrote about common pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) a couple of weeks ago, TCW contributor Derek Reynolds said he had seen a Reeves’s pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii) near his home last year. These birds come from China and get their […]