Helping our Hedgehogs
November can be a difficult month for our much-loved hedgehogs. At this time of year, Hedgehogs will be preparing for hibernation. Check out this article to see how you can help a hedgehog!
A conversation with Amanda Barber: Nature, Wildlife Recording & the City Nature Challenge
Last month the results of this year’s City Nature Challenge were released. Our very own local naturalist and keen wildlife photographer, Amanda Barber, came 1st in the UK and 4th in the WORLD for the number of wildlife observations made over the 4 days. Amanda is still fairly new to biological recording and a self-confessed ‘generalist’. We thought it would be a good idea to catch-up with Amanda after the event to share her story!
Young wildlife enthusiasts to get much needed equipment in brand new scheme
The British Trust for Ornithology (BTO) have just launched a scheme to help redistribute binoculars, telescopes, identification field guides and much more from those that don’t need them anymore, to those that do.
Dr Phil Smith: Wildlife notes April 2020
Since they began in 2007, these notes have repeatedly described spring droughts but this year’s was a real humdinger! For 40 days, from 18th March to 27th April inclusive, no measureable rain fell in Formby. It was also the sunniest and fifth warmest April on record. Climatologists have shown that these droughts are associated with a warming trend in the Arctic that leads to persistent high-pressure systems over Greenland. These disrupt the North Atlantic Jet Stream, which brings most of our rain. Apart from having serious implications for agriculture and water-supply, largely ignored by politicians and the media, these changes in our climate are having major impacts on wildlife.