Critically endangered fen orchid flowers for first time in 40 years Beautiful fenland species returns from localised extinction following pioneering work by Plantlife and Suffolk Wildlife Trust The critically endangered fen orchid has flowered for the first time in Suffolk since 1975. The return of the rare orchid, which was locally extinct and whose location cannot…
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Red Grouse in Iceland?
No, we aren’t going back to that well-known place to buy frozen foods but to that well-known country of Gyr Falcons, King Eiders and Brunnich’s Guillemots. Apparently, the traditional Icelandic Christmas dish is a Ptarmigan, but numbers have declined and so Iceland has imposed strict quotas on numbers shot. Birds should only be shot for…
Flowers we can pick (7) – Red Campion
Plantlife, the charity which speaks up for the nation’s plants, says that it’s OK to pick these 12 common flowers (provided you don’t go beserk in the woods and fields of the UK). Three things you might not know about Red Campion according to Plantlife. Another alternative name from the Wildlife Trusts probably relates to…
See you for a chat on Sunday (and Saturday looks good too!)
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Yorkshire Wildlife Trust have arranged a programme of events at Potteric Carr Saturday and Sunday 21st-22nd July in celebration of the reserve’s 50th birthday. Visitors can enjoy free entry to the site and trails, where there will be activities for all ages and reserve volunteers and wardens throughout, to help visitors spot wildlife and…
Guest blog – The Acceptability of Wildness by Ian Parsons
The Acceptability of Wildness? Whilst running my spring tours in Extremadura this April and May, I read Richard Mabey’s book, ‘A Brush With Nature’, a collection of some of his columns from BBC Wildlife Magazine. I am sure that many of you have read it (it came out in 2010), but if you haven’t, I…