Revealer of our wild beauty
A large company of admirers of Hudson had gathered in a semi-circle before a low platform set under a large tree, and directly behind was the memorial itself.
The Prime Minister said that they were gathered together that May morning to honour a rare and remarkable spirit. It was more than 80 years ago since Hudson was born in a land where, to use his own words, he heard 'the little yellow finches
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