Solstice sees the days lengthen

Dick Warner takes a look at the importance of the Winter Solstice to nature and its wildlife.

Well, it’s over. The winter solstice is behind us and the days are getting longer. The solstice is an event that goes largely unnoticed today but was of huge significance to our ancestors.

So significant, that it inspired Neolithic people to huge efforts to construct megalithic monuments such as Newgrange which were aligned to sunrise on solstice morning.