Tag: biodiversity
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A Bucket of Water and a World of Wildlife
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Still Waiting for the Frogs When I first created a pond on my allotment I had visions of dragonflies, toads, newts, and frogs making their home and in turn heroically defending our veg patch from slugs. Despite our welcoming sign (pictured below) no frog is yet to move in. My…
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Charismatic Conservation: favouring the exotic
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When I sat down to plan this blog, I was inspired by my brother’s most recent article. His writing on the histories and worlds within the soil showed one example of the incredible ecological systems that don’t fit into the more aesthetically glamorous conservation topics. It reminded me of a…
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Humble hedgerows
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When I walk along the field boundaries, one of my favourite sights is watching birds dart in and out of the hedgerows, the occasional deer springing unsuspectingly out of the gaps, and seeing the little scurry of field and dormice into their sheltered homes. In spring, the plants woven through…