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National meadows day

National Meadows Day is an annual celebration of wildflower meadows across the UK. National Meadows Day is your chance to celebrate wildflower meadows near you. National Meadows Day 2020 is … Saturday 4th July.  Today, we are reminded of the 7.5 million acres of meadows and flower-rich grasslands that have been lost since the 1930s. When a meadow isn’t a meadow… A true ‘meadow’ is an area of grass maintained by an annual hay cut. It’s made up of perennial plants –...

Pollinators in peril!

Pollinators do ‘so much ‘ for humans – they enable us to have flowers, honey, fruit, our morning coffee! Yet, we are often totally unaware of these mini-industries of the Natural World. What are ‘pollinators’? Why are they so important? Arguably there’s no better time to ask …. when it’s National Insect Week in the UK, and Pollinators Week in North America. The Pollinator Partnership explains Birds, bats, bees, butterflies, beetles, and other small mammals that pollinate plants are responsible...