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Looking forward to overwintering in sunnier climes

It’s nearly time for our family of Foulshaw Ospreys to leave us and make their way to their wintering grounds. Our amazing volunteer, Jenny Cornell, who has been following the ospreys throughout…

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Wildlife Gardening Enewsletter

Get our e-newsletter to learn more about wildlife gardening. Making small changes in your garden can have a big impact.
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Say No to Peat Compost

Action is needed now to end peat compost sales in our shops and garden centres immediately and to bring forward the date that professional growers must stop using peat.
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Louise looks back!

What can I say? My placement finishes on Thursday and I still can’t quite get my head round the fact that I won’t be driving down to Eycott Hill to struggle against the wind after this week. The…

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Lesser celandine

Heralding spring, a carpet of sunshine-yellow lesser celandine flowers is a joy to see on a woodland walk. Look out for it along hedgerows, in parks and even in graveyards, too, from March onwards…

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Little grebe

The little grebe is a fantastic diver, but to help it swim underwater, its feet are placed towards the back of its body, making it rather clumsy on land. It only really comes ashore to breed.

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Clouded yellow

The clouded yellow is a migrant that arrives here from May onwards. Usually, only small numbers turn up, but some years see mass migrations. It prefers open habitats, particularly chalk grassland…