This story includes ideas and links for steps to take to support wildlife. Unfortunately, it does not mention the big step, human population control.
Source: Hedgehogs now a rare garden sight as British populations continue to decline
Nigel Boldero aka 'Old School Gardener'
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Recent Posts
- Slow down and embrace nature – how to create better cities when the pandemic is over
- Spring Cleanup Checklist for Yard and Garden
- #FungiFriday: a grave situation — Daniel Greenwood
- What did the Nettlefolds do for Christmas? — Winterbourne House and Garden
- Great estates: the changing role of trees in the municipal housing landscape — Municipal Dreams
- Collaborative approaches — The official blog for the North York Moors National Park
- Jekka’s Favourite 12 Herbs for Christmas — Jekka’s – Jekka’s Blogs “All About Herbs”
- A Chance Encounter — PlayGroundology
- Edinburgh’s 1919 Act Housing, Part II: ‘Healthy Houses for the People is the Best Public Health Insurance’ — Municipal Dreams
- The Science of Sustainability — Specifier Review
- Never Gets Old — PlayGroundology
- Say Hello to the 2020 Collections Trainees — Shine A Light
- Council Housing in Preston, Part II: ‘Changing Fashions in Planning’ — Municipal Dreams
- Preston’s Council Housing, Part I to 1939: ‘Compactness, Convenience and Taste’ — Municipal Dreams
- ‘Green Care’ – a positive push from Covid
- Climate projections show extreme UK’s weather will become even more extreme — Official blog of the Met Office news team
- Cottingham’s Council Housing, Part II from 1930: New Forms of Housing Provision — Municipal Dreams
- Decorative Arched Footbridge, Desert Wash, East Ruston, Norfolk — Susan Rushton
- Local Candidates Asked About Well-being of Children — PlayGroundology
- The Role of the Women’s Housing Sub-Committee: ‘Homes fit for Heroines’ — Municipal Dreams
- Taking advantage of good weather: Getting loads of stuff done — Vanha Talo Suomi
- The Susans Cope With Drought — gardeninacity
- What’s up? — NewEnglandGardenAndThread
- Are You Sitting Comfortably – 15 — greenbenchramblings
- Climate Change: The perfect fuel for wildfires? — Official blog of the Met Office news team
- ‘Till we have built Jerusalem in England’s green and pleasant land’: Women’s Influence on State Housing in the Era of World War 1 and After — Municipal Dreams
- Storm Alex, so why not Storm Aiden? — Official blog of the Met Office news team
- October in the Garden: Top 10 Tips
- Green Flag Award- the Judge’s Gardens Competition
- It’s gardener vs. gardener season — GardenRant
- Darwen’s Jubilee Tower — Susan Rushton
- Jekka’s 6 top steps to “Grow On” your herbs — Jekka’s – Jekka’s Blogs “All About Herbs”
- If Summer Could Go On Forever — leaf and twig
- Plant Spotlight: Salvia involucrata ‘Hadspen’ — Winterbourne House and Garden
- The Garden at the begining of Autumn — The Cynical Gardener
- Will Covid-19 change the future of building design? — Specifier Review
- Atlantic tropical storms forming at a record pace — Official blog of the Met Office news team
- The Sussex Weald: where all the mushrooms are — Daniel Greenwood
- Report on nature-based solutions for the climate emergency published — Specifier Review
- My Lockdown Re(dis)covery
- End of the Dog Days — Vanha Talo Suomi
- Transformational public service development plans approved in West Suffolk — Specifier Review
- How changing urban streetscapes reflect post-COVID 19 outdoor cultural trends — Specifier Review
- Council Housing in Greenock, Part II, 1918-1945: their ‘Ain Wee House’ — Municipal Dreams
- #FungiFriday: weeping conk at Ickworth Park — Daniel Greenwood
- Quinta de Ventozelo — Salt of Portugal
- Plant Spotlight – Stipa gigantea — Winterbourne House and Garden
- Social media and the gardening discourse — GardenRant
- Fall — NewEnglandGardenAndThread
- Council Housing in Greenock, Part I to 1918: the ‘Unhealthiest Town in Scotland’ — Municipal Dreams
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