Scientists studying images of radar data of Egypt taken by the Space Shuttle Radar Topography Mission, have discovered mammoth lakes, river beds and coastal cities along these river beds under the sand.
Homeowners are being encouraged to look after any prickly visitors they could find in their gardens this autumn as hedgehog numbers continue to fall.
Do join us to celebrate our annual Autumn Footprints Amber Valley & Erewash Walking Festival. Set in the heart of picturesque Derbyshire, enjoy sixteen days of walks, Saturday 14th September to Sunday 29th September 2019.
Stratford company Valpak is joining world—famous scientists to tackle plastic waste on a remote UNESCO World Heritage site in the Pacific.
Spring is a time when many gardeners’ like to tidy up and trim back, but this is the also when many birds start to build their nests and lay their first clutch of eggs.
Leicestershire County Council has once again teamed up with the Woodland Trust to increase the number of trees and hedges across the county.
It’s harvest time! We have had an incredibly dry spring and summer which has meant that the crops are really far forward. Some people are reporting that this is the earliest they have started harvesting in many years.
The hugely popular Swithland Flower and Vegetable Show will, again, be held at the usual venues of The Griffin Inn and Swithland School on Saturday 9th September. The show opens to visitors at 1.30pm.
After two months, I can safely say that our lambing season is officially over. Thankfully the weather has been kind to us and we have been able to turn the ewes and lambs out into the fields quite quickly. The grass is also growing well so there is plenty of food for them all.
In the past several months, my partner and I Nick Evans, have consciously been made aware of just how much worse Britain’s litter problem has become. We would often go out for the day and notice how bad the situation was and we would always say that we wanted to do something about it.