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As I said last week, I have an enduring love of all things concerning Mother Nature. Bird watching has always been a hobby of mine since my teens, but, over the past ten years, Botany has come to the fore. I often lead walks for The Wild Flower Society, and this year I led a training day on grasses for the Botanical Society. I manage to travel the length and breadth of the UK in search of wild flowers. One of the highlights of this year was climbing Ben Lawers in Scotland to look at some of the alpine flora that grows there. Unlike birds, at least the flowers stay in one spot (which makes them easier to study). This interest covers all vegetation from the most minute of plants (like Allseed) to the tallest of trees.