The best of the week’s wildlife pictures from around the world, including a silver pheasant and a golden monkey
The week in wildlife – in pictures
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Lakeland fells shimmer in the heat haze: Country diary, 18 May 1970
THE LAKE DISTRICT: The easiest way up Great Gable for the infirm or lazy is from a parked car on top of Honister Pass...
Country diary: the queen bee is a ray of sunshine in a gloomy May
The queen makes a solar landing. During the briefest moment of shine in the wash cycle of our local low-pressure area, a queen garden...
Why Britain’s 2.5 billion paper coffee cups are an eco disaster
Britain gets through 2.5 billion of them every year, and the number is set to increase. But despite a growing clamour for coffee chains...
Country diary: we scatter our dad’s ashes on to his most beloved hill
Wenlock Edge, Shropshire: This was the perfect day to return him to the place that gave hope, strength and inspiration“Whoop!” The brassy fart of...
Microplastic pollution found near summit of Mount Everest
Microplastic pollution has been discovered in snow close to the peak of Mount Everest, the world's highest mountain. With plastic debris revealed in 2018...