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Don’t go breaking my heart
Ever since I was sixteen, we have reminisced about the long, hot summer of 1976, when Elton John and…
Read MoreWildfires: for peat’s sake it is time to follow the rest of the world and embrace prescribed fire
The Mammals The summer of 2026 was termed a firewave by experts due to the ‘perfect ingredients’ for…
Read MoreWild Bird Seed Crops – More Than Just Winter Food
Wild bird seed crops are an incredibly valuable tool for improving farmland biodiversity. At their s…
Read MoreThe UK Predators
The Mammals In the United Kingdom we lost our large predators like bears and wolves a long time ago,…
Read MoreCreating a Wader Scrape
A wader scrape is one of the simplest pieces of habitat that we can create, yet in the right place i…
Read MoreA Rare Visitor: The Long-tailed Shrike Arrives in Gloucestershire
On the 9th July an extremely rare bird was found in my area of the Cotswolds. The bird in question w…
Read MoreThe Necessity of sheering sheep
Clipping time for me always signals mid summer. On our farm it isn’t a big event with trailers rolli…
Read MoreHas biodiversity become detached from bio-abundance?
These modern buzzwords dominate environmental debate. They are broad, big-picture concepts that, in …
Read MoreIn the garden – House Martins
Contrary to much of what you read, not all wildlife in Britain is struggling today. Some species are…
Read MorePredators, Predation and Predator Control
A predator is an animal that kills and eats another animal, it is a natural process which happens da…
Read MoreWho visits the uplands?
Usually in early February they start to arrive. You will hear the screech of a lapwing as it dives o…
Read MoreLife in the Margins.
The wonder of the world, the beauty and the power, the shapes of things, their colours, lights and s…
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