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Blog posts by year and monthJune 2020

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  1. Why should we care about insects?

    Why should we care about insects?

    By Tom Hibbert, The Wildlife Trusts

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  2. Swift action to help the fastest of birds

    Swift action to help the fastest of birds

    The RSPB is calling on the public to help record where swifts are nesting to help us understand where the best places are to help these amazing birds.

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  3. How are our beloved blue tits fairing this spring?

    How are our beloved blue tits fairing this spring?

    Familiar and full of character, blue tits are one of our best loved birds. They busy themselves in our gardens, obligingly using our nest boxes and delighting us with their nest building, cleaning and feeding antics.

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  4. Estuaries: Nature’s superhighways

    Estuaries: Nature’s superhighways

    When we look at our estuaries, we see them teeming with life: waders feeding and gulls swooping.

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  5. Celebrating the return of the small yet mighty: Pine marten

    Celebrating the return of the small yet mighty: Pine marten

    By Joshua P Twining, Queens University Belfast and David G Tosh, National Museums Northern Ireland

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  6. Discovering nature on our doorstep

    Discovering nature on our doorstep

    Earlier this Spring, 10 UK cities were poised ready to battle it out for urban wildlife supremacy in the 3rd global City Nature Challenge...

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  7. Seals: Watching me, watching you...

    Seals: Watching me, watching you...

    At British Divers Marine Life Rescue (BDMLR) we rely on people keeping their eyes peeled when visiting beaches and contacting us with sightings of sick or injured marine mammals, such as seals or cetaceans. But this should be done responsibly.

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  8. The underwater wonder plant: seagrass

    The underwater wonder plant: seagrass

    Whilst many of us are aware of the incredible role of forests, meadows and green space on land, it’s easy to overlook the swaying meadows and forests lurking beneath the water’s surface.

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  9. Beaver’s new home at Holnicote

    Beaver’s new home at Holnicote

    Ben Eardley, project manager and Tom Matchet, ranger – share what’s happened to the first male and female beaver released at the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate on the edge of Exmoor.

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  10. How to attract amphibians and reptiles into your garden

    How to attract amphibians and reptiles into your garden

    By Peter Hill, Connecting the Dragons Project Officer, Amphibian and Reptile Conservation

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