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Stop the Cull
Who’s been snuffling at my camera?
When my boyfriend, Matt, and I set our camera trap it seemed like a good idea to leave it somewhere as inaccessible as possible.
Raven cull is a bolt from the blue
A plan to cull ravens in Lancashire and four other English counties has shocked naturalists at the Wildlife Trust.
Bladder campion
Bladder campion is so-called for the bladder-like bulge that sites just behind the five-petalled flower - this is actually the fused sepals. Look for it on grasslands, farmland and along hedgerows…
White campion
At night, the pretty, white blooms of white campion produce a heady scent, attracting feeding moths. Look for this wildflower along hedgerows and roadside verges, and on waste ground.
Red campion
Just as the bluebells finish flowering in our woodlands, the rose-red blooms of red campion start to brighten up the woodland floor. Look for this pretty plant in hedges and roadsides, too.
Sea campion
If you happen to be near rocky places such as sea cliffs, shingle coastlines or even gravel paths during the summer months you will most likely come across sea campion.
Fury over cull to wipe out a third of badgers
The Wildlife Trusts are angry that the Government has, again, extended its badger cull in an attempt to eradicate bovine tuberculosis in cattle.
Flawed badger cull expands across England
The Wildlife Trusts call on government: invest in medicine not marksmen.
The government has given permission for badger culls to go ahead in England for another year. This year, badgers are…
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…
Setting a trap… a camera trap
As my feet sank further into the surrounding bog I could barely contain my excitement – a badger footprint stamped among the deer prints.