News: September 2003 |  |
News items which first appeared on Space For Nature during September 2003.
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September 30th 2003Gardeners urged to be choosey about their bluebells
English Nature are asking gardeners to think carefully about the wider environmental impact that their garden bluebells may have.
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September 29th 2003Hedgehogs in decline?
A recent survey in Leicester indicates that hedgehogs (Erinaceus europaeus) have decline by 10% since 1994.
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September 26th 2003Making your cat more wildlife-friendly
Many people who enjoy hosting wildlife in their garden are also cat owners. Unfortunately, our cats often provide a quite different welcome for the wildlife! An estimated 300 million small animals are killed each year in this country by cats; but there are steps you can take to reduce this figure.
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September 22nd 2003Time to take stock after an amazing summer
After what can justifiably be called an 'extreme' summer, biologists and conservationists are weighing up who were the winners and who were the losers.
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September 16th 2003Gardener's warned to avoid invasive pond plants
Gardener's are being asked to avoid stocking their garden ponds with certain plants which, if they get into natural waterways, can push out native species and cost millions of pounds each year to clear.
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September 14th 2003Stoke-on-Trent gardeners urged to contribute to garden wildlife survey
The Staffordshire Wildlife Trust was delighted when over 10,000 survey forms were picked up all over the city for its Great Potteries Garden Wildlife Survey. So far though, only 700 completed forms have been returned to the Trust.
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September 12th 2003Gardener's World create a new wildlife pond
In Gardener's World broadcast on BBC2 this evening, Monty Don and Chris Beardshaw showed how they have begun to create a new wildlife-friendly pond at their Berryfields garden.
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September 9th 2003New homes and gardens could breathe life into countryside
English Nature, the government's chief wildlife adviser, say that new housing developments could improve the natural environment in agricultural areas that have seen the worst of the arable farming revolution.
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September 8th 2003Wildlife garden recognised for second year running
Gardener Muriel Leask, has scooped the North-east Scotland Biodiversity Shield for the best wildlife garden in the Ellon Community Council Garden Competition for the second successive time.
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September 7th 2003Wise words from the RHS
In this months issue of The Garden, the monthly membership magazine of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), Hugh Johnson expresses his refreshing viewpoint on garden "weeds".
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September 7th 2003Southern dragonfly in Carlisle utility room!
A southern hawker dragonfly (Aeshna cyanea), normally found in the south of England, was discovered by a Carlisle householder in her utility room.
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September 4th 2003Its official: the robin is now the most widespread garden bird
The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) has just released the latest results from its ongoing 'Garden Bird Feeding Survey'. Every single garden represented in the survey was visited by at least on Robin (Erithacus rubecula).
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September 4th 2003Pigeons may be to blame for sparrow's demise
Scientists from the British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) have highlighted an apparent correlation between the demise of our house sparrows (Passer domesticus) and burgeoning populations of wood pigeons (Columa palumbus) and collard doves (Streptopelia decaocto).
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September 3rd 2003Garden badgers in desperate search for food
The National Federation of Badger Groups (NFBG) has received an unprecedented number of complaints of badgers (Meles meles) making a nuisance of themselves in gardens. But their activity is not a symptom of increasing populations - quite the reverse: the badgers causing the disruption my be in crisis.
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