Commons Stories
Commons Stories is a collection of stories from four upland common regions across England: Dartmoor, the Yorkshire Dales, the Lake District and the Shropshire Hills.
You’ll find written and photographic portraits of people, short videos, audio clips, and reflections on events through the year, as well as reflections on some of the challenges of building sustainable futures for people and landscape in these special places.
The collection is put together by somewhere nowhere duo, writer Harriet Fraser and photographer Rob Fraser, with contributions from commoners using GoPro cameras to capture snippets of their day-to-day lives on the farm and in the hills.
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Dung, soil, beetles and life - with Clive Turner
Clive Turner is passionate about beetles. Here he talks about how vital these beetles are for life, and how their own wellbeing and the health of grazing animals are connected - and he shares results from the Dartmoor Dung Beetle survey.
Poem: Small is Relative
A poem about dung beetles and their role beside sheep, cows and horses, in the cycling of soil: inspired by a meeting with Clive Turner, in Dartmoor National Park.
