News archive
January 2010
Sunday, 24 January 2010
Homes for Wildlife Project
Gardens can provide food and shelter for a huge range of plants and animals and can form a natural "bridge" between built up and open areas which allow wildlife to move between them relatively easily. They also provide particular habitats that may be missing in the local area such as ponds and suitable hibernation or nesting sites. Help the wildlife that may visit your garden by creating specific habitats that they favour.
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Spring Watch Volunteers Needed
This is an excellent chance to make a genuine contribution to wildlife conservation and experience life in another country. Participants are welcome to stay for one week or more. All one really needs is enthusiasm and motivation to monitor raptor migration and help in the fight against the illegal hunting of protected species. However, a number of volunteers are required to have raptor ID skills - they ask that volunteers specify their level of bird identification when enlisting. All volunteers will be required to participate in chores to look after the camp.
Saturday, 23 January 2010
2010 Garden Birdwatch
If you love nature, you'll love Big Garden Birdwatch. Count the birds in your garden for one hour and be part of the world's biggest Birdwatch!
Saturday, 23 January 2010
2009 - Best Breeding Season Ever
For many of our songbirds, 2009 was one of the best breeding seasons in the last 25 years. Following the fortunes of 25 songbird species, productivity was significantly higher than normal for 15 of the species and at its highest ever level for Reed Warbler and Chaffinch. It appears that the drier, warmer spring and summer in southern Britain allowed birds to successfully raise more chicks. Those doing best included some of the finches, with Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch and Linnet all with productivity 70% higher than the long term average
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Winter Weather
The latest Garden Bird Watch results showed that as food in the wider countryside became harder to find under the blanket of snow and ice, thrushes and buntings flooded into our gardens. The mistle thrush showed an increase in the use of gardens by 73% compared with a 'normal' winter.
