Can you grow lettuce on a bog?
Our Rindle wetter farming trial has just been planted up with this years crop of celery and lettuce. But how do you grow crops on a peat bog, and why would you even try?
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Can you match the wildlife to its collective noun?
Do you know your murders from your charms; your whisps from your crowns? Take our collective noun quiz and see if you can match each collective noun with the wildlife!
What you can do to help wildlife in 2024
A new year. Time for new beginnings, new resolutions and new ambitions. This year, why not make a lasting change, one that will benefit future generations and the environment as well? Here are…
Fascinating facts about swifts and how you can help them
How well do you know the UK’s swifts? Here are some fascinating facts about our swooping summer visitors.
How you can help tackle one of Britain’s most invasive species
Youth Council member, Chris, shares some simple ways in which you and your local community can help protect your wildlife by tackling Himalayan balsam.
The Big Give has now closed, but you can still help
Wildlife is declining and the bond between people and the natural world is breaking. The way to strengthen that bond is by encouraging everyone to experience and fall in love with wildlife on…
Northern grit: Which birds can you see toughing it out this winter?
Winter in the North West is anything but lifeless, especially where birdlife is concerned. From flashy thrushes to peeping and piping waders, our winter birds are certainly blessed with northern…
Which spring and summer migrant birds can you see in our region?
While we’re jetting off to warmer climes a whole host of birds are heading straight for our shores to feed, breed and make the most of what is, for them, the perfect holiday hotspot.
How to grow a wildlife-friendly allotment
My Wild City Project Officer, Hilary Wood, tells us about her wildlife-friendly allotment plot. From seedlings to slugs, cabbages to caterpillars, growing vegetables and flowers in harmony with…
Grow a secret garden for butterflies!
This year’s Wild About Gardens campaign, run jointly by The Wildlife Trusts and Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), is calling on gardeners to get growing to help the UK’s falling numbers of…
Grow wildlife-friendly herbs
Planting herbs will attract important pollinators into your garden, which will, in turn, attract birds and small mammals looking for a meal.