Want to help newts in Chiswick? Netty Ribeaux, Conservation Officer at the Gunnersbury Triangle nature reserve, is looking to recruit volunteers to help migrating newts in nearby Chiswick Business Park. Currently there are hundreds of newts getting stuck in the car parks, unable to reach their breeding ponds. Netty is looking for volunteers who are […]
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The State of Nature 2016 report was published in September. It’s a thorough bringing together of data from more than 50 nature conservation and research organisations. It led to some truly frightening headlines: One in 10 UK wildlife species faces extinction More than half of UK species are suffering long-term declines The abundance of nature
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Hen harriers are magnificent birds, known as “skydancers” for their aerobatic courtship displays in spring. They nest on the ground in heather moorland. Their main prey is field voles and meadow pipits, although they will also take red grouse. The latter makes them unpopular on shooting estates, particularly those which make huge profits from driven
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Vole Patrol is back! We gathered on Tuesday 6th to set up, trying to put traps in exactly the same places as before. We provided free food and bedding for three days (although some were inclined to bring their own bedding, fallen leaves apparently being more desirable than straw). Then we started trapping, visiting at
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in the front garden, bees are enjoying the Spanish daisies and campanula, in the park, slugs are having a wild time, in the back garden, the robin has just had a bath, and is rehearsing his song, while overhead the swifts are screeching.
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