An Open Morning will be held at our West Wood and Sweetings Meadow Reserves on Sunday 6th May 2018 between 10:00 and 13:00, with a
minibus shuttle link from the Margaret Street Car Park in Thaxted, starting at 10am and then again at 11 and at 12 returning to Thaxted on the half hour with a final return trip at 1:30.
The Saffron Walden Museum Society will be hosting a talk on May 14th about, "Ouse Fen; Building Britain's biggest reedbed", by Richard Taylor, the RSPB Assistant Warden at Ouse Washes. The talk begins at 8.00 p.m at St Mary's Parish Room, Saffron Walden, with a £3.00 entry charge for non-members of the Society
If you find yourself in Saffron Walden, why not visit the Saffron Walden Museum and see the Wildlife Gallery. the Museum is open on Tuesdays to Sundays, see their website for details -
Saffron Walden Museum56% of species are declining, many towards likely extinction.
First published in 2013, the latest State of Nature report provides an update on how nature is faring across the UK, its seas, Crown Dependencies and Overseas Territories.
The report not only shows conservation successes where species have been brought back from the brink, it also looks at the ongoing decline of nature in the UK. The two greatest impacts on nature have been determined to be climate change and the way our land is farmed. You can find a link to the report on England below.
If you are not already a Member of a Wildlife Organisation why not join one and help to support action for wildlife? Essex Wildlife Trust takes action to conserve wildlife in our County, and the Royal Society for Protection of Birds takes action across Britain to provide nature reserves. Other wildlife organisations are available.
State Of Nature 2016 EnglandAn inspirational
video from George Monbiot about Wolves in Yellowstone Park and the deep connections between species in ecosystems. Would Wolves bring our current burgeoning Deer population back into balance with its food supply? And a bit closer to home here is a 20 minute film about
Rewilding Scotland.
The latest information on Ash Dieback disease is being posted on the
DEFRA website.
Ash Dieback has been found extensively in Uttlesford on roadside trees and on many trees in West Wood and Shadwell Wood, with widespread hanging dead black leaves. It looks like we are eventually going to lose many Ash trees throughout the country. More hopeful news comes from University of York (Jan 2016) with this
video showing a new genetic test to screen Ash seedlings for disease resistance.
A leaflet showing the Essex Wildlife Trust reserves in Uttlesford can be downloaded by clicking
Here (PDF 620KB).
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