NATURE
Stories about the wild things around us — the landscapes, creatures, seasons and small details we notice.
Wonderment
Longer reads that stay with an idea, a memory or a human question for a bit longer.
Small Wonders
Short observations from ordinary life - the moments, details and thought that are easy to straight past.
Bob Knows a Sheep When He Smells One
Bob is a sensitive dog. Not sensitive in the delicate, easily offended sense. Sensitive in the something has been here and I need to know...
The Fly in the Car
Me and the girls were out picking blackberries with friends this week. We’d found a lovely park, had a picnic, and then wandered off into...
The Crickets
I don’t think I’ve ever heard crickets the way I heard them as a child. I remember being in Devon with my mum and dad,...
All About Nature
All About Nature
Nature is Wonderment’s collection of stories about the living world around us.
Trees, weather, insects, animals, coastlines, forests, gardens, seasons and all the small natural details that are easy to walk straight past can become the beginning of a story here.
Some pieces simply stay with a moment outdoors. Others follow that moment into a larger question about behaviour, ecology, our relationship with nature or the strange ways the natural world works.
You’ll find both longer Wonderment articles and short Small Wonders in this section.
Nature isn’t here as decoration. It’s something to notice, spend time with and remain curious about — whether that begins with a bat crossing the night sky, a tiny mushroom in the woods or something much bigger.