Phil Hemsley from Totnes has won the Devon Hedge Group photo competition for 2011 with his picture ‘The Cauldron’ looking over the Wytchcombe & Yarnacombe vales. Second place went to Graham Woollven from Horrabridge for ‘Lundy Wall’. The judges, Sheila Haycox, Andrew Cooper and Malcom Baldwin said they particularly liked the composition of the stone boundary, … [Read more...] about Devon hedge photo competition – winners announced
Ladybird
Rare ladybird spotted in Sutherland, Scotland
A species of ladybird which thrives on heather moorland has been spotted on land belonging to the John Muir Trust, a wild land conservation charity. The sighting of the Hieroglyphic ladybird is the most northerly ever recorded. John Muir Trust Wild Land Ranger Don O’ Driscoll spotted the insect near Loch na Gainimh on the Trust’s Sandwood estate, in Sutherland, … [Read more...] about Rare ladybird spotted in Sutherland, Scotland
Woodland Trust – Nature’s Calendar
Help record seasonal changes in plants and animals for the Woodland Trust. Nature's Calendar has been set up for volunteers to record the signs of the seasons where they live. Recording the changing seasons is called Phenology. It could mean noting the first ladybird or swallow seen in your garden in spring, or the first blackberry in your local wood in … [Read more...] about Woodland Trust – Nature’s Calendar