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Survival out on Chat Moss
It’s always a concern of mine once a snowfall starts to freeze, for straight away I realise that the struggle to find food for birds, like the thrushes, gets so much harder than usual
Our 2020 highlights: a year of saving wildlife
It has been a heart-breaking year, but despite the challenges and tears, there have still been some incredible highlights for our Wildlife Trust and local wildlife.
Spring cleaning
Kirsty Tyler shares some of her spring cleaning jobs that will help our wildlife out this season.
Ordinary moss
Ordinary moss is very common in gardens and woodlands. moss provides shelter for many minibeasts, so encourage it to grow in your garden by providing logs, stone piles and untidy areas.
Bad news for bees: Government reverses ban on bee-killing neonicotinoids
The Government has bowed to pressure from the National Farmers Union and agreed to authorise the use of the highly damaging neonicotinoid thiamethoxam for the treatment of sugar beet seed in 2021…
Marsh hair moss
The marsh hair moss is the largest moss in the UK. Look out for it in damp woodland and on boggy heathlands where it forms large, green and spikey 'cushions'.
An ode to Little Woolden Moss
Chat Moss birding legend, Dave Steel, shares why he loves our mosslands.
Seaside memories on the moss
Were the seeds of my imagination set on their way by the squally rain showers that enjoyed their dominance of Day Five or was it just the product of a soggy head that gave today’s wild a seaside…
Finally welcomed to a wet moss
Was I under a cloud? Did it disapprove? Was I a few Brownie Points down on Day 27 of 30 Days Wild out on Chat Moss?