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How to make a bird feeder: easy homemade feeders
Attract birds to your garden with these simple feeder ideas. Turn pine cones into seed balls, repurpose old juice cartons or make your own squirrel baffle. They're cheap, easy and great activities to do with kids.
Amy Lewis • 15 Jan 2019
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The Bunce survey
The Bunce survey brings together 50 years of data drawn from more than 100 woods across England, Scotland and Wales. What has changed in that time? Why? And how can we use the results to nurture healthier woodlands?
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Wildflowers for bees: how to attract bees to your garden
Wild bees and other pollinators are in decline. But there are things you can do in your garden to help reverse this trend including increasing food and habitat. Includes our top nine bee-friendly wildflowers to plant in your garden.
Helen Keating • 18 Mar 2019
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Trees woods and wildlife
Dunnock
More than just a little brown job. Dunnocks may not be the most glamorous of birds, but there is more to this species than meets the eye, especially when it comes to mating.
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Protecting trees and woods
Government’s nature recovery plans in England fall short
Government plans to halt nature’s decline in England by 2030 don't go far enough. We need more meaningful action to save our wildlife and environment.
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Data shows low fruit yield after wet spring
The latest update from Nature’s Calendar, the Woodland Trust’s citizen science project, suggests knock-on effects of heavy rainfall earlier in the year.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Dark-edged bee-fly
Masquerading as a bumblebee, this agile mimic is a lover of all things nectar. Look out for it buzzing from flower to flower on warm, sunny days.
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Trees woods and wildlife
Daubenton’s bat
A flying mammal with an aquatic edge. These bats are drawn to water, snatching insects from the surface of rivers and lakes.
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Blog
Foraging in July: nature's best summer food for foraging
Here are our top six edible wild plants to look out for in July, with tips on what to look for and how to harvest, cook and eat them.
Helen Keating • 08 Jul 2021
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Bishop's Knoll Wood volunteers
Find out more about Bishop's Knoll Wood's volunteer group and why they were nominated for an award.
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