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With high summer beckoning, John Lewis-Stempel reflects on the incomparable richness of pond life and the rewards of pausing to peer into the murky depths on a warm June afternoon

Britain’s wild places are under pressure – but cycling gives us rare access to their beauty and fragility. Sophie Pavelle explores what’s at stake from the saddle

From swimming to sailing, five women share the joy of blue spaces

How to admire and protect our wonderful waterways in the UK

Released on Sir David Attenborough’s 99th birthday, Ocean is a book and film documentary that perhaps delivers his most important message of all time

Eben Muse is the British Mountaineering Council’s policy and campaigns officer and an ambassador for the Campaign for National Parks. Fresh from a mass swim trespass at Kinder Reservoir, he argues that the nation’s reservoirs should be open for public enjoyment