Some encounters with nature are hard-earned. Badger-watching often involves hours of sitting in the slowly darkening woods for a single glimpse; an otter might only be seen the hundredth time you stop on a bridge; it could take years before you chance on a parliament of long-eared owls snoozing in a hedge.
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