The Frightened Face of Nature

  • THE FISHES’ TALE

    THE FISHES’ TALE

    By Dr Valerie Jeffries FLS – FFON’s Kenya and UK correspondent Part 1: DARWIN’S OWN LAKE Lake Victoria has been a highway for trade, could become a highspot for tourists, and is an evocative presence in the literature of East Africa. But why should a Dutch biologist name his book “Darwin’s Dreampond: Drama in Lake…

  • Pond life.

    Pond life.

    By Graham Wellstead. My garden, like many, contains a pond. Not a great lake, just a small formal pond about 8ft square with raised sides, the theory being we could sit on the edge and watch the fish. All the fish were born in the pond and over the past thirty years have gone up…