Over £50,000 has been raised to help restore a dress decorated with real beetle wings. Following a fundraising campaign, 1,300 hours of conservation work has been undertaken to restore the dress, which is over 120 years old. The emerald and sea green gown, covered with the iridescent wings of the jewel beetle, was worn by Ellen Terry when she wowed audiences with her … [Read more...] about Beetle Dress returns home to Kent
Projects
High Fell – The Cumbria Landscape Story
A wildlife trust in Cumbria has secured lottery money to enable it to record memories of the Lakeland fells. Cumbria Wildlife Trust has secured funding from The Heritage Lottery Fund for its latest project, High Fell - The Cumbria Landscape Story. The oral history project will record memories of how the fells have changed since World War Two. Memories and stories … [Read more...] about High Fell – The Cumbria Landscape Story
UK Met Office wants your help
The UK based Met Office wants your help as part of a new project to monitor the weather. WOW - the Weather Observations Website - will allow thousands of weather observations to be inputted at any time by weather watchers from around the globe. It is expected that the new online community will start in the Spring of 2011. Weather watchers In partnership with the Royal … [Read more...] about UK Met Office wants your help
Hay meadow survey
Recent years have seen a decline in traditional hay meadows by over 90% in the U.K. This decline has occurred due to changes in meadow management with ploughing, drainage, reseeding and the addition of fertilisers as primary factors. What is more this resource has become fragmented, isolated and is often found outside the current farming context in areas such as road … [Read more...] about Hay meadow survey
Woodland Trust Photography Competition
Enter your photos in the first Nature Detectives national photography competition for children, for the chance to win a digital camera. The overall theme of the competition is 'nature, trees and woods' and is open to all youngsters under 14 years old. Organised by The Woodland Trust it is hoped that children will go outdoors and explore the environment around the … [Read more...] about Woodland Trust Photography Competition