It’s an age-old tradition – using fresh holly branches to adorn your table and give your home a festive look – but conservationists are warning that using too much could leave wildlife out in the cold this winter. Holly is a valuable source of food and shelter for a number of birds, mammals and insects. Thrushes, robins, dunnocks, finches and goldcrests use it for … [Read more...] about Don’t over trim your holly bush
Insects
Sparrows get drive-through food
Sparrows in an East Cumbrian town have found a unique way of finding food. Cars arriving at the Co-Operative store in Kirkby Stephen are given a close inspection by the resident sparrows on the search for bugs. In a sort of drive through food outlet for birds, flies and other insects are removed by the birds whilst the car driver goes for the shopping. Around a … [Read more...] about Sparrows get drive-through food
Exmoor Hedge Funds
Cash prizes of up to £200 are up for grabs in the 2009/10 Exmoor Hedge Competition. The competition has a junior class for people up to 25 years of age and a senior class for 25 and older and is run by Exmoor National Park Authority in partnership with the Devon Hedge Group and the Somerset Hedge Group. Tara Wright from Exmoor National Park Authority said: “We are looking … [Read more...] about Exmoor Hedge Funds
Swans in the City
Recent bad weather and frozen waterways have brought animals away from their normal habitats and into the built up areas where we live, in the hunt for food and shelter. Swans from the Lancaster canal have left the waterway and headed inland, rummaging through dustbins and gardens in search of food or for something to do. Dangerous Delays in collecting rubbish … [Read more...] about Swans in the City
Bumble Bees Need You!
With spring in the air, it will soon be time for the queen Bumble Bees to emerge from hibernation. … [Read more...] about Bumble Bees Need You!