The Big Butterfly Count
It’s on now! 24 July – 1 August 2010. Butterfly Conservation’s Big Butterfly Count website offers downloadable butterfly charts, and
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Richard Florida introduces the Philips Livable Cities Award
Hey, park managers! Want a share of 125,000 Euros? Obviously, you do. So check out the Phillips Livable Cities Award.
Read moreThe Canadian Wood Spider
If you’re not familiar with the Canadian Wood Spider – as I wasn’t – you might want to view this
Read moreWake up George!
RSPB Saving Special Places campaign It’s not just me who gets to be reanimated by clever video-makers. Here’s Chancellor George
Read moreSmack my hedge up
The Isle of Wight Hedgelaying Competition as you’ve never seen it before… You wanted to know what hedgelaying Isle of
Read moreHaving a Barclays
By guest contributor HM the Cat mu·se·um feet The feeling of prostration you get having walked gently through a whole
Read moreWhy do spiders come indoors in the autumn?
A perennial question on this site’s popular Ask the Ranger facility is “Where do spiders go in the winter?” (So
Read moreHow they fell trees in Boksburg, South Africa
For your weekend entertainment, an alternative way to fell trees, direct from sunny South Africa:
Read moreThe Kindness Offensive
Here’s a video that made the Ranger scratch his head. Can kindness actually be offensive? Well, watch this and you’ll
Read moreTwo mirrors, some mice, and some rather puzzled birds
This one’s beyond explanation – but that’s never stopped us before. Probably worth watching through to the end. Did you
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