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Dear phenology recorders
Welcome to our new look Nature’s Calendar newsletter.
April is normally our busiest month for spring sightings. Look out for:
- Flowering
bluebells, cuckooflower and garlic mustard
- Arriving
swallows, swifts and cuckoos
- Blackbird,
bluetit and great tits feeding young
- First
flower in oak and rowan
- Orange
tip and holly blue butterflies
Record
what you've seen.
Kate
Lewthwaite
Nature's Calendar Project Manager
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Tomorrow’s
England
What will
hotter drier
summers, water shortages, flash floods and storms mean for England? The
Tomorrow’s England project is taking a close look at how this
might affect the different regions of England, starting in the South
East, where some unusual new crops could be one of the changes seen. Read more... |
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Stansted
second runway - the Woodland Trust’s view
‘This is tantamount to a declaration of war on the local community and global environment.’ Read more...
‘Destroying ancient woods and "compensating" by planting new
sites is like walking into a museum, smashing up lots of Ming vases and
going out to buy some warehouse crockery to replace them’ Read more...
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Natural
Learning courses in Cheltenham
Places are still available for our new woodland courses organised by
the Woodland Trust and the University of Gloucestershire. Read more...
May - Discover ancient trees
June - Introducing ancient woodland |
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Homes for
wildlife
Did
you know that
gardens can be extremely rich habitats for wildlife? The
RSPB’s
Homes for Wildlife is designed to inspire you to make a real difference
to the wildlife that shares your garden. When you register with the
website you’ll receive tailored wildlife gardening advice and
details of surveys you can take part in. Read more... |
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