Nature Heals
A blog by Trevor Parsons about the healing power of nature
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Celebrating the Heath Tiger Beetle
Sophie Burry, Dorset LNP Assistant The heath tiger beetle (Cicindela sylvatica) is a species that is often overlooked in Dorset. Often because they are incredibly tricky to spot in the wild (as well as being incredibly rare, they are also very agile hunters!) but also because they can be overshadowed by their “more attractive” relative …
Gone to the dogs? Dogs, access and nature conservation
Durwyn Liley, Dorset LNP Board Member, Footprint Ecology Dogs are often beloved companions, treated as part of the family and they enhance many people’s lives through the company they provide and the health benefits they bring. Dogs can also cause problems for nature and wildlife, and there is a difficult balancing act at many countryside …
Dorset Peat Partnership
Lee Hardy, LNP Vice Chair and Natalie Poulter, Dorset Catchment Partnerships Co-ordinator Thanks to Defra’s Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme (NCPGS), the Wytch Farm Landscape Access & Enhancement Fund and a range of partner contributions, the Dorset Peat Partnership is currently delivering £1.1m worth of peatland restoration, working across 16 sites covering a total …
SeaHives: Innovative structures that help create and restore marine ecosystems
Lee Hardy OBE JP, LNP Board Member, Dorset Catchment Partnerships, Dorset Coast Forum & Poole Harbour Commissioners SeaHives are shelters designed to provide refuge for marine animals, somewhere to live, grow, breed and thrive, thereby increasing the total diversity and density of marine life in a local area. The concept was born from the experience …
Letters to Tomorrow
James Carter, Dorset’s Nature Young Journalist As part of the Great Big Green Week, we asked our Young Journalists to write a Letter to Tomorrow. With the busy exam period we weren’t sure if any of them would have time. James very kindly contributed the following letter. Dear 50 year old me, You’re reading this …
Young Journalists: Nature Recovery – Heathlands
By Robin Clarke, James Carter, Lydia Norrish, Isla Crawford, Flora Pilkington, Ella Hague Heathland is one of Dorset’s most iconic and important landscapes. Characterised by swathes of purple heather and clusters of yellow gorse, this is more than just a picturesque environment. Heathland is one of our richest and most diverse ecosystems, a home for …
“Bring me flesh and bring me wine”
Will Bond, Alaska Environmental Contracting Ltd. I enjoy sharing food with others – whether salad or steak. But I absolutely hate being the only one eating while others watch me. Self-conscious, I know I lack finesse, so when we sing the Christmas carols, I cringe with sympathy and embarrassment when Good King Wenceslas does his …
Protecting Poole Harbour – Managing Nutrient Run-Off
Lee Hardy OBE JP, Chair Dorset Catchment Partnerships Poole Harbour is recognised internationally for its huge ecological importance and renowned and protected for its outstanding landscape, birdlife and fisheries. It is one of the largest natural harbours in the world and the largest microtidal estuary in Britain, exhibiting an enclosed lagoonal character with over 100km …
Better Together – The Benefits of Clusters
Luke Rake FLS, LNP Chair A developing theme in land management is the coming together of groups of farmers and landowners to work collaboratively to access not only funding, but also benefits for nature. Nature is not static, so creating nature recovery and food production practice at scale arguably allows the benefits of both to …