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Children Help Barn Owls

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:11:17 +0000

Wildlife experts from the World Owl Trust and Forestry Commission have teamed up with local schools to help protect barn owls in south Cumbria. The World Owl Trust at Muncaster Castle near Ravenglass and the Forestry Commission at Grizedale Forest near Ambleside are joint partners in the Rusland Valley Barn Owl Project, which aims to improve [...]

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Donegal Moths

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:30:38 +0000

The Donegal Moths website is all about the moths that have been recorded in County Donegal and is also a great resource for all moth enthusiasts. Moth species All macro moth species recorded in Donegal are listed alphabetically, and each one has a map. Most also have one or more photos, all of which have been taken [...]

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Exmoor Hedge Funds

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:23:16 +0000

Cash prizes of up to £200 are up for grabs in the 2009/10 Exmoor Hedge Competition. The competition has a junior class for people up to 25 years of age and a senior class for 25 and older and is run by Exmoor National Park Authority in partnership with the Devon Hedge Group and the Somerset [...]

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Search for historic dovecotes

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:42:46 +0000

The hunt is on for historic dovecotes in the Yorkshire Dales.

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Award for wood fuel boiler installation

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:24:16 +0000

A special ‘green’ boiler that heats the Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority’s offices in Grassington has won a top regional award – less than three months after it was installed. The Authority took first place in the best public building installation category of the Yorkshire and Humber Microgeneration Partnership awards for its biomass boiler, which uses [...]

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National Nest Box week

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 15:10:49 +0000

Warmer weather and longer days in the UK are a signal that many migratory birds are about to return from their winter residences. Once more the British Trust for Ornithology is organising National nest box week in a hope that everyone will make a home for birds, both resident and migratory. This year is the International Year [...]

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Petition demands end to killing of birds of prey

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 17:32:58 +0000

Wildlife Minister Huw Irranca Davies has accepted a petition signed by more 200,000 people and many organisations demanding an end to the killing of birds of prey. The petition is the largest ever collected by the RSPB. Dr Mark Avery, the RSPB’s Director of Conservation, handed the petition to the Minister in front of a giant mosaic [...]

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‘Masters of Light’ – in the North York Moors

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:59:16 +0000

‘Masters of Light’, an exhibition by professional photographers Mike Kipling, John Devlin and Brian Jobson, begins a run of photographic exhibitions at Sutton Bank National Park Centre – all inspired by the diverse landscape of the North York Moors National Park.

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Swans in the City

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:54:03 +0000

Recent bad weather and frozen waterways have brought animals away from their normal habitats and into the built up areas where we live, in the hunt for food and shelter. Swans from the Lancaster canal have left the waterway and headed inland, rummaging through dustbins and gardens in search of food or for something to [...]

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First signs of Spring in Cumbria

admin@naturearoundme.com (Naturearoundme.com) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:14:04 +0000

Looking out into the garden this afternoon we can see the first signs of spring. After all the cold icy weather the first shoots and flowers are starting to appear indicating the winter will soon be behind us. One of the first flowers to peak above the dark cold earth is the snowdrop. Some gardeners are hoping that [...]

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