If you plant a wildlife hedge instead of building a fence, it could help hedgehogs, hoverflies, bats, dunnocks, bumblebees, moths, coal tits, butterflies, dormice, blackbirds, frogs, fieldfares, beetles, robins, solitary bees… 🐝
Here’s how: https://t.co/BEy9CBQ7g6
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Coton Orchard in the Telegraph:
‘As a busway threatens to rip through 60-acres of biodiverse Cambridgeshire countryside, residents are fighting to preserve the historic site.’
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This is a great win for a campaign based not far from me. Implications for National Landscapes all over the country
Campaigners hail ‘important victory’ in protection of England’s national parks
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@PylonsEAnglia
We set up a wildlife camera where we’re prepping the ground for a new hedge, curious to see what birds turned up for the berries and bugs we left or unearthed. Sure enough, they arrived, pecking and poking like a casual buffet. It’s remarkable how fast nature cashes in.
While we wait for Government to approve the petition, what nature is at risk near YOU?
#TeamBat#TeamNewt
Cc your MP
Near me, one threat is pylons. Millions of trees along a 180km route at risk. 🌳 🌳 🌳 💚
@pritipatel@CommunityPlann1@RachelReevesMP
Help us to protect this place from massive, destructive development; we’re now the last line of defence. https://t.co/o8wO2lbQIQ 🍃💚🍃. 💦💙💦 #matlock@derbyshiredales
We need more planning officers, not less bats and newts!
Our economy is dependent on healthy ecosystems. Our focus should be on sustainable development, not growth for growth's sake.
Officers at @SouthCambs continue to recommend against protecting Coton Orchard’s Ancient Bramley Trees, prioritising the Lib/Lab-led council’s busway plans despite TEMPO guidelines confirming they “definitely merit” protection.
Thanks to @Cllr_H_Williams—who stepped in despite Coton not being her ward—the issue will now be debated in committee. She emphasised that such decisions should be made by elected councillors, not behind closed doors through delegation, without scrutiny or accountability.
The committee will decide on the TPO on Wednesday, 15 Jan. While it won’t remove the threat entirely, a TPO would provide vital protection for these historic trees say @CotonBusway 🌳 https://t.co/FHF1027BNo
Sowing yellow rattle, letting frost work its alchemy for spring. Nest boxes checked, mulch laid, fleece wrapped, earth turned—to give the young trees their chance, watched by the wild lives of Coton Orchard. A living place, held in the balance.
‘The GCP’s proposed Cambourne to Cambridge busway, sold as “green” with promises of electric buses and active travel, falls far short of its claims. These habitats, formed over decades, cannot be replaced by token planting.’ 🗞️ Andrew Levy https://t.co/wGdHrVrMTc via @MailOnline
The @CambsCC want to pave paradise to put up a park-and-ride, when a bus lane could do the job—£200 million of your money wasted❗️ Less than a week left to object. Help #SaveCotonOrchard 🌳🚌❌ more info: https://t.co/y26EP3aRqp
From a forgotten wildlife cam I tripped over showing journalists the old Bramley trees @southcambs said weren’t “expedient” to protect. Sharing a glimpse: it’s not just trees, it’s a wild home and part of our county’s history. Help us #SaveCotonOrchard 🦊✏️https://t.co/6mH4mpzVhX
12 days till Christmas❗️ The fabulous @kerryjaneellis1 is helping us count down—while also reminding @SouthCambs@CambsCC that the best gift would be keeping the busway on road and #SaveCotonOrchard. Objection deadline: 8 Jan. Don’t be a Grinch @pippaheylings @cllrbridget #SaveCotonOrchard
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If you can, please plant a wildlife hedge instead of building a fence! It could help hedgehogs, hoverflies, bats, bumblebees, mice, moths, butterflies, blackbirds, frogs, fieldfares, solitary bees, squirrels...
Here’s how: https://t.co/NikH96QlPS
#nature#biodiversity
Help wildlife survive in winter:
🌱 Don’t cut back plants
💧 Offer fresh water: natural sources may be frozen
🦔 Keep a corner wild for hibernating animals
🍏 Feed the birds
🐝 Grow ivy: it’s great for wildlife!
More: https://t.co/2CoFMFK9CD
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