People of a certain age will remember when a day’s or night’s drive in the summer months would leave your car’s windscreen and numberplate covered with dead insects, but not these days; evidence gathered from numberplates indicates a 78% drop in insect numbers over the last 20 years. This decline is … [Read more...]
Biodiversity work provides a boost for butterflies in Broxtowe
As part of the winter tree planting programme, the gardeners at Broxtowe Borough Council have been busy planting trees along an old hedgerow at Leyton Crescent Recreation Ground in Beeston. The trees include Oak, Field Maple and of particular importance a number of disease resistant … [Read more...]