People enjoying the North Pennines countryside are being asked to take special care during spring, the critical time when both wildlife and farm livestock will be rearing their young. The North Pennines AONB Partnership is appealing to drivers to slow down for sheep with young lambs which wander the moors and roads freely, and for the breeding wading birds such as … [Read more...] about Take care during lambing and nest building season
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Competition: Get snapping in the Yorkshire Dales
A new competition, being run by the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority (YDNPA), aims to capture your images of the National Park right through to November 2012. Amateur and professional photographers are being invited to enter their favourite snapshots of the Yorkshire Dales National Park in a fantastic, free competition. Pictures can be submitted in any of four … [Read more...] about Competition: Get snapping in the Yorkshire Dales
RHS plant finder online reaches 5000 entries
The 5,000th plant has been added to the Royal Horticultural Society’s (RHS) free and unique online service, RHS Plant Selector. The plant, Adam’s laburnum (+ Laburnocytisus 'Adamii'), is a deciduous tree and a graft-hybrid between laburnum and purple broom. It bears flowers of each separately and also some intermediate ones. The online service is an ideal source of … [Read more...] about RHS plant finder online reaches 5000 entries
3000 holes appear in a National Trust’s Garden
Thousands of snowdrop bulbs are being planted at the National Trust’s Bodnant Garden in the Conwy Valley. More than 3000 holes are being dug across the pristine landscape of the internationally renowned Welsh garden to plant the bulbs. The dainty winter flowering bulbs will be added to the existing collection of snowdrops on the knolls in The Park, to form and … [Read more...] about 3000 holes appear in a National Trust’s Garden
Northamptonshire wildlife enthusiasts win award
The Lings Wood Watch Group, based in Northamptonshire has won the Wildlife Watch Group of the Year title, from The Wildlife Trusts. The group of young wildlife enthusiasts regularly celebrate the natural environment through wild camping, pond dipping and bug counting. Its 20 members are part of a 150,000 strong army of young people, from toddlers to teens, who are … [Read more...] about Northamptonshire wildlife enthusiasts win award