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Back in March I posted information about the Mendip & Treecot Residents Association, Wildlife Garden project.
The site has now been transformed from what was effectively a rubbish tip.
With new trees and whip planting It is getting the feel of a nature garden and you can start to visualise where it is going. (see pictures below).
The [...]

Friends of the Wick Country Park will be holding their annual ‘Nature Quest’ event on 15th August (see Healthy Life Countryside events for details). They are hoping to make it a bigger event this year and are looking for additional relevant stall holders for the event. Stalls are free but require a £20 deposit refundable [...]

Take your Dad out walking and get him talking this Fathers’ day (Sunday 20 June). Recent studies have shown that walking is a great way to get chatting to your family and this weekend the Ramblers are putting on 333 FREE led walks to help you celebrate Dads everywhere.
A GB-wide poll found that walking is [...]

Cymbeline Fields in one of Colchester Borough Council’s nature reserves.  For me, it had remained a rather well-kept secret until recently one lunchtime, when I took a walk through the area. The entrance to the reserve is quite secluded, which is probably why I had never discovered it before. You get to the entrance by [...]

For millions of cold and hungry birds, feeders hanging in gardens are a lifeline during the hard days of winter.  But some wildlife experts are warning that they can also be a deathtrap, reports David Derbyshire of the Daily Mail.
They say dirty feeders and infected bird baths are spreading a disease that has killed a [...]

Essex Wildlife Trust needs volunteers to help protect Avocet Eggs
Following the fantastic success in previous years, when Avocet chicks have successfully hatched on Two Tree Island, Essex Wildlife Trust is once again looking for volunteers to assist them.
In 2004 and 2005 eggs were stolen just two days prior to hatching. Since 2006 Essex Wildlife Trust [...]

Two years ago I visited Welford Park. It was February and the ground was smothered in delicate droplets of white. I felt like I was drifting over a carpet of snowflakes.
 
This Mother’s Day I took my mum to Easton Lodge at Little Easton, near Great Dunmow on for final day of their display. Admittedly [...]

Work has commenced on the eastern section of the Prittle Brook Greenway scheme between Victoria Avenue and Prittlewell Chase.
The existing footpath next to the brook is being converted into a shared use pathway for cyclists and pedestrians. The scheme will see the existing path improved with landscaping and tree planting to make it an enjoyable [...]

 
Residents of Southend are being encouraged to dig out their wellies and help get involved with a beautiful wildlife garden on the Mendip Estate.
 
The Mendip and Treecot Residents Association need help with planting and support on the reserve. The area, formally an unused waste land is being transformed into a wildlife garden, which has [...]

Many of you remember Essex Wildlife Trusts Appeal (see news blog Nov 23, Tile Wood Appeal) launched in November to raise £50,000 by 31st January 2010 to purchase Tile Wood, a 1000 year old ancient woodland in South Essex, for wildlife and the community.
As at the close of 26th January 2010 the current total for the this [...]