Getting Involved in National Nestbox Week
Valentine’s Day may mean that love is in the air for some of us humans. But it is also the time of year when many birds in the UK start… Read More »Getting Involved in National Nestbox Week
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Spotlight On: Water Vole
Usually shy and secretive, many of us in the UK have likely never encountered a real, live water vole. And even those of us who have come across one may… Read More »Spotlight On: Water Vole
Environment News Round-up: May 2024
We’ll be kicking off this month’s environment news round-up with the outcome of plastics pollution talks in Canada late last month. As extreme weather continued to affect parts of the… Read More »Environment News Round-up: May 2024
How to Garden for Wildlife
Although not all of us are lucky enough to have a garden, those that do can play a significant role in combatting biodiversity and habitat loss in the UK. Just… Read More »How to Garden for Wildlife
Trail Cameras and Ecological Monitoring
Trail cameras are valuable tools for ecological monitoring. They have a number of benefits, not least the fact they cause minimal disturbance to wildlife. And with World Curlew Day coming… Read More »Trail Cameras and Ecological Monitoring
Conflicts in Conservation
To many outside the field of conservation, it might seem like a load of knit-your-own-yoghurt types doing fluffy, tree-hugging things all day. Simply choose a species to help, fence off… Read More »Conflicts in Conservation
Spotlight On: Red Squirrel
It’s Squirrel Appreciation Day on 21st January, so what better time to look more closely at the UK’s only native species, the red squirrel. These charismatic rodents are common across… Read More »Spotlight On: Red Squirrel
What Is Shifting Baseline Syndrome?
Like many specialist disciplines, ecology can seem full of jargon and unintelligible terms and phrases. From ‘rewilding’ to ‘ecological services’, many of these concepts are also often misrepresented in the… Read More »What Is Shifting Baseline Syndrome?
Environment News Round-up September 2023
From an environment news point of view, September was an extremely busy month. The biggest stories arguably centred on a series of announcements from the UK Government. These included granting… Read More »Environment News Round-up September 2023
Environment News Round-up: August 2023
This month we lead our news round-up with an update on the parlous state of England’s rivers and coastal waters. We’ll also have a full climate update, along with news… Read More »Environment News Round-up: August 2023