The UK is rightly known throughout the world for its rich and varied patterns of hedgerows, a part of our cultural and landscape heritage which ranks alongside great cathedrals, quaint villages and spectacular coastlines. Hedgelink.org.uk Since discovering the Pickwalks Facebook page recently, aside from prompting me to up my litter-picking game in and around my …
Among the recent posts on the Canoe River Cleaner's Facebook page - all of which are notable in some measure - one in particular has been especially emotive. In keeping with the overriding mission of Jim Elliott (Mr Canoe himself) the subject was wayside litter and its removal. The post centred on one local volunteer …
Yesterday, my wife, Julie, and I decided to take advantage of the spring sunshine and go for a walk. Well, actually, it was to be a multi-purpose event. There would be the enjoyable ramble in nature, of course, but this would be combined with some birdwatching, and a litter-pick, too. Having filled six bags last …
More than forty volunteers assembled behind a public house in Scartho recently, intent on planting thirty trees. As they braved the seemingly ever-present North Sea breezes, spades in hand, they were not only doing something pretty amazing for the environment in their small corner of the world, they were maintaining this region’s long-standing eco-philosophy, the …
A recent group walk at the foot of the Lincolnshire Wolds, a couple of miles outside Grimsby, was an ideal opportunity to spend valuable time in nature by inspecting the source of the River Freshney. The event became so much more, however. For here, history, ancient culture and folklore came together, right where the Freshney's …
At the time I was writing my feature article, ‘Open for Visitors,’ for publication in the September, 2004 edition of ‘Lincolnshire in Focus’ magazine, the Far Ings Nature Reserve at Barton - the article’s subject - was undergoing a significant planned expansion. The project was a commendable one, which I summarised in my feature as …
Last weekend, here in Britain, we enacted the procedure known bizarrely as ‘Daylight Saving,’ and on Saturday night, we dialled our clocks back one hour. This is done on the last Saturday each October in a bid (we are told) to capitalise on daylight, as though changing the clocks will somehow miraculously increase the number …
Several days ago, Julie and I decided to make the most of the pale, February sunshine, and having gathered our winter coats, walking boots and binoculars, we ventured out, travelling the short distance to our favourite local nature reserve. Now known as 'Ness End Farm', the reserve, run by the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust is still …
‘When you go to say “hello” to nature, put every redundant sound away, for nature is music, and that alone should suffice.’Michael Bassey Johnson, Song of a Nature Lover This month is generally associated with spring showers. Not this year, it seems. Our four rain barrels that were full to overflowing a couple of months …
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