News: March 2003 |  |
News items which first appeared on SpaceForNature during March 2003.
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March 31st 2003BBC Gardening News-extra features wildlife gardening
The BBC Gardening website is running a 'news-extra' feature on wildlife gardening.
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March 26th 2003Can you help with the RSPB's Sparrow Survey?
In the UK, house sparrow numbers have declined by more than 50% in the last 25 years and in urban areas, the decline is even worse. The RSPB wants you to contribute to an on-line house sparrow survey...
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March 26th 2003Big Garden Birdwatch Results
The results of the RSPB's 2003 Big Garden Birdwatch are in. The starling was the most numerous garden bird with an average of 4.9 per birds per garden. Staggeringly, this figure is down from 15 starlings per garden recorded in the first Big Garden Birdwatch in 1979.
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March 2003Ground Force meets Wildlife Gardening
Two of the six programmes from the recently completed series of the BBC's Ground Force were centred on the idea of wildlife gardens: The Wildlife Garden (10th February) and The Really Wild Garden (13th March). This proportion reflects a growing desire to bring more wildlife into our gardens.
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March 2003Major garden biodiversity conference staged in BirminghamIn conjunction with the Wildlife Trusts and the RSPB, the Royal Horticultural Society staged a one-day conference in Birmigham on 3rd December 2002 entitled Gardens: Heaven or Hell for Wildlife?
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