Alex, Sundew Ecology
Ecology and Natural History, New Naturalist Library volume 143 - a review
David M Wilkinson, Professor of Ecology at the University of Lincoln, explains in his foreword that he aspires to write an accessible...
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Alex, Sundew Ecology
- Jun 7, 2021
- 3 min
Gorse dieback in the UK, 2021
I was first alerted to dieback of gorse (Ulex europeaus) at the Thames Basin Facilitation Fund Group that I jointly coordinate at the end...
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Alex, Sundew Ecology
- Mar 24, 2020
- 2 min
A monument to murder in Harewood Forest
This is the second in a series of blogs written during the Covid-19 outbreak, aimed at encouraging you to explore new places and discover...
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Alex, Sundew Ecology
- Mar 19, 2020
- 2 min
Slime moulds in Bowdown Woods
This is the first in a series of blogs written during the Covid-19 outbreak, aimed at encouraging you to explore new places and discover...
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Alex, Sundew Ecology
- Nov 7, 2019
- 3 min
An Orchestra of Orthoptera.
A warm summer’s evening. A walk through a flower-filled meadow. The rhythmic chirping of grasshoppers and the constant humming of...
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Alex, Sundew Ecology
- Sep 17, 2019
- 2 min
Our baselines are shifting...
When I were a lad, all this was fields... There were so many flying insects that we had to stop and clean them off the windscreen when we...
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Alex, Sundew Ecology
- Jul 25, 2019
- 2 min
Want to save the planet? STOP planting trees!?
A recent study, published in the journal Science, tells us that the restoration of vast tracts of tree cover is going to be one of the...
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Alex, Sundew Ecology
- Jul 9, 2019
- 2 min
Rewilding Brownsea Island
Rewilding, as a technique for increasing biodiversity, is a hot topic. Rather than relying on human activities, such as coppicing, hay...
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Alex, Sundew Ecology
- Jun 17, 2019
- 2 min
Relocation, relocation, relocation
We move wildlife around the countryside for all sorts of reasons. Much of this is accidental - I have often discovered plant seeds stuck...
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Alex, Sundew Ecology
- Jun 12, 2019
- 2 min
Biodiversity Net Gain
Everything that we do has an impact on the environment, and therefore on the biodiversity that depends upon that environment. One of the...
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Alex, Sundew Ecology
- Jun 12, 2019
- 1 min
Humming birds in the garden
On a warm summer afternoon a small, darting object hovers briefly next to the valerian and lavender flowers in our front garden before...
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