Tail Nature News Today

Our Secret Britain piece today takes a look at the view from the top of Binevenagh in Co Londonderry. Hop on the Coleraine train at Londonderry and you’re in for ‘one of the most beautiful rail journeys in the world’, according to Michael Palin. By the time you’ve reached the Binevenagh AONB, you may agree. The mountain is the westernmost outcrop of the Antrim Plateau, with lava-hewn crags and cliffs that have dominated the skyline for 60 million years. The peak of Binevenagh at sunset ...

January 16, 2021 Pont Minllyn, the 17th century bridge built for pack horses crossing the River Dovey at Dinas Mawddwy. Credit: Alamy Stock Photo A bridge coming up for four centuries old is todays Secret Britain spot. Not content with translating the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer into Welsh, Dr John Davies built this charming packhorse bridge across the River Dyfi, just south of Dinas Mawddwy, in the early 17th century. On the edge of the Snowdonia National Park, the village i...

Country Life Trending: Annie Elwes recommends the waterfall and surrounding wild countryside of the Grey Mares Tail Nature Reserve. The extraordinary Grey Mare’s Tail waterfall tumbles 200ft from Loch Skeen into the Moffat Water, perhaps mesmerising even the peregrine falcons that nest in the crags around it and little ring ouzels showing off their white necklaces. The loch, surrounded by soaring Lochcraig Head, Mid Craig and 2,694ft-tall White Coomb, where montane willows grow, is home ...