Waxwing
The waxwing is a colourful winter visitor. It can often be spotted in large flocks in berry-laden bushes in towns, car parks and gardens.
The waxwing is a colourful winter visitor. It can often be spotted in large flocks in berry-laden bushes in towns, car parks and gardens.
Waxwings are a flighty phenomenon in the UK, and here in Lancashire we are in love with them! But what are waxwings, and why do they appear so suddenly in our fair county?
A meal that is normally out of reach for Lancashire’s oystercatchers is on the summertime menu at Mere Sands Wood.
Myplace trainee, Carrie, has been with us for the past year. Here, she reflects on her time with the project and shares what she has learnt.
Running 6 marathons in a year is something most people wouldn’t even contemplate, but that’s exactly what Steve Tingle is doing this year, all in aid of the Myplace project.
The wild offered another cuppa, a comfy chair, a garden suddenly buzzing with birds - 15 goldfinch, seven long-tailed tit, six greenfinch and even a magpie seemed to suggest that I needn’t wander…
It’s been a tough year, but it’s also been a year full of hope. Though we’ve faced some challenges, we’ve also achieved some incredible things for wildlife.
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…
Our green wellbeing project, Myplace, won the Mental Health Innovation of the Year Award at the recent Health Service Journal Awards evening.
We are so proud of what we have been able to achieve through The Greenhouse Project; transforming the previously derelict and unusable greenhouses of Witton Country Park into a beloved community…