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Spring is sprung but for how long ?
Summary: When you get out into Spring the wow factor just hits you in the face. The colours seem overwhelming. If, like me, you have not seen Spring for a few years in the UK through living overseas...
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How long will our ancient Britons sleep safe and sound in their homelands?
Summary: Licences for pilot badger culls came into force in Gloucestershire and Somerset at the weekend. Along with other Wildlife Trusts, we are appealing for funds to support a badger vaccination...
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Badger vaccination – an obvious solution
Summary: I have just returned from an exhausting but rewarding four days spent training to be a lay vaccinator of badgers. The course took place near Stroud in the beautiful Cotswold hills. If you...
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The Harrier Affair – A Personal Perspective
Summary: The Trust is supporting Hen Harrier Day on 10th August. Here Tim explains why. Main image: It's now been almost 18 months since I've been back in Derbyshire working with the Derbyshire...
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The Return of the Harriers
Summary: Hen harriers are breeding successfully in Peak District for the first time in eight years. Our Conservation Manager, Tim Birch, tells us about watching the family on the moors. See also the...
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Spring update in conservation
Summary: Early spring arrives and the need for protection, restoration and respect for our natural world is as urgent as ever Main image: Let me run you through some of the key things that have...
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Tracking down May’s magical songster
Summary: I last heard nightingales sing more than a decade ago. It was just after midnight on a starry May evening and, from dense blackthorn scrub on the Dutch coast, they were seemingly everywhere,...
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Oh I do like to be beside the seaside!
Summary: By Tim Birch, Head of Advocacy and Conservation Strategy, Derbyshire Wildlife Trust Main image: One of the things I missed the most whilst living overseas for over 10 years were the amazing...
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