A newt in the bucket is worth two in the drain – a new motto for you! Over the last couple of weeks, volunteers from the London Wildlife Trust and CHAS have been involved in helping smooth newts on their annual migration to breed. The newts are moving from their hibernation spots to […]
Butterflies in Britain’s towns and cities are having a very hard time – but we gardeners and allotment holders can make a difference. Butterfly Conservation, the University of Kent and the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology published a paper last week which showed that butterflies are doing worse in towns and cities than in the
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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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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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It’s free and it’s fabulous – now’s the time to make leaf mould. Chiswick is blessed with lots of street trees and they are now starting to drop their leaves with the approach of winter. This week, I’ve taken my first bags of leaves collected from my street to the allotment. Leaf mould is
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