A Premiership for wildlife and ecology! Earlier this year, I was invited to visit the Manchester City Training Ground being shown around by Karl Horne, the idverde UK biodiversity advisor and his supervisor Daniel Lewis. The area is managed for wildlife by idverde UK...
Hedgehog enters garden using a Hedgehog Highway then walks the plank! Hedgehog Highways absolutely work and the more of them we can create the more likelihood hedgehogs will be seen alive in your garden and not dead in the road. Those concrete gravel boards may make...
Birchwood Fire Station Raised Beds A few years ago I was asked to advise firemen at Birchwood Fire Brigade Station as they wished to grow organic vegetables and invite local schools to tend the crops. When I visited I noticed that they had been pruning and cutting the...
Prof Dave Goulson giving the North Wales Wildlife Trust’s Lacey Lecture I was very fortunate enough to attend a lecture by Prof Dave Goulsons ‘Averting the Insect Apocalypse’ on behalf of the North Wales Wildlife Trust’s, annual Lacy Lecture...
Nature Fun Day Saturday 8th June 2019 10-00- 17.00 At Nantclwyd y Dre (1435) If you live in Ruthin or NE Wales and if like me you have an interest in history, nature and wildlife do come along for family fun activities, from birds, bugs, bats to woodlands and...
How does a spider remove a leaf that’s fallen onto its web? Spider’s webs are difficult to see which is why they are successful in snaring an unsuspecting flying insect. Webs are made of strong flexible silk which is laced with sticky globules to catch...
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