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Dr Cath's Nature Notes - December 2023

With the shorter days and colder weather, December is perhaps a month for staying nearer home, so this month I’m looking at gardens as a wildlife habitat. It’s a good time to plan what you might…

small brown bird sitting on top of hedgerow

Dr Cath's Nature Notes - November 2023

This month I’m rambling along the hedgerows. The pastoral landscape of England is defined by hedges – something rarely seen in the rest of the world – and Shropshire is well-blessed with them.

Green landscape vista with fields and hedges, taken from a drone in the sky

Losing Shrewsbury's last green corridor

It is deeply disappointing, but not surprising, that Shropshire Council’s planning committee have voted by the narrowest of majorities to go ahead with the North West Relief Road. SWT submitted a…

Dr Cath's Nature Notes - October 2023

Birch trees are among the first to start showing their autumn colours – tinged with yellow even in September, and soon to be dropping a golden carpet of fallen leaves. I’m heading out in October…

National Mammal Week

National Mammal Week 2023 is taking place from 9th-15th October, hot on the heels of Red Squirrel Awareness Week. What a pleasure to celebrate our little-known British mammals!

four redshank birds in flight above water surface

Dr Cath's Nature Notes - September 2023

There’s a great feeling of anticipation in birdwatching at this time of year. Passage migrants, by their very nature, are unpredictable, so you never know what you might see or where you might see…

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