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My quiet life
Jane is the Quality Manager at Sutton in Ashfield based business nmcn one of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust’s Business partners. She has kindly shared with us her inspiring wild life story.…
My new life
Working full time in a windowless room cut Sonja off from the natural world around her; but spending time in wild places has helped her to discover herself since a shock diagnosis two years ago.…
What makes a pond a pond?
We all have a picture in our minds of what a pond is don’t we? For me it is the pond in the village I grew up in, a very traditional village pond with a duck house (which was constantly falling…
Local Wildlife Sites: Updating Herefordshire’s Specially Designated Sites
Herefordshire Council are set to join up with Herefordshire Wildlife Trust in reviewing and updating the county’s designated Local Wildlife Sites. This new collaborative programme will fully…
Pond Plants
For Day One of Pond Week we're sharing some of our favourite pond plants!
Barbara's Pond
Barbara's pond has attracted lots of new froggy friends!
Pond Dippping
For Day Two of #PondWeek we're pond dipping!
Here's how to do it...
Pond Week 2022
Common pond skater
The common pond skater can be seen 'skating' over the surface of ponds, lakes, ditches and slow-moving rivers. It is predatory, feeding on small insects by detecting vibrations in the…
Life on the farm in lock down
Herefordshire farmer Tony Norman describes the wildlife on his farm this spring.
Greater pond sedge
A tussocky sedge, Greater pond sedge has stout, upright flower spikes, strap-like leaves and triangular stems. It prefers lowland wetland habitats on heavy soils.