by Rachel Westwood.
Help garden birds this winter
Small actions can make a big difference for wildlife! Did you know you can make thrifty bird feeders using leftovers from your kitchen? Cooked rice, breadcrumbs and grated cheese can be mixed with hard cooking fat to make a filling meal for garden birds.
Add bird seed and dried fruit or nuts to make it even better, then fill old food pots with the mixture and hang under trees or leave on your bird table. Alternatively you can add it to a pine cone to use less fat.
You can find out more about how to help feed birds at https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/actions/how-feed-birds-your-garden or https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/feeding-birds-near-you
There are other ways we can help birds. You can help migrating birds by turning off outdoor lights and closing curtains overnight. That might sound unusual, but many birds migrate at night and artificial lighting can not only confuse their circadian rhythm (the body clock which regulates sleeping and waking) but can also disorientate birds and lead to collisions with buildings.
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Where are we Now? |
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We are proud to say that we have achieved the ‘Silver’ award level of the A’Rocha scheme. We intend to build on this and achieve Gold by recycling more, encouraging our church members and other churches to follow environmentally sensitive policies, and looking after our site (the churchyard) to promote ecological diversity and the wellbeing of the natural world. As part of this, we are thrilled to say that we were able to host the YCCN pilgrimage to the Glasgow Climate
Here’s our newly planted native (organic!) Yew hedge and our bee-friendly wildflower area which is showing good results!Summit!
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We have “recycling” boxes in the entrance to the Church and Hall where you can leave old mobile phones, stamps, spectacles and printer cartridges! These can often be sold to raise funds for the needy or passed to charities who can use them. We also can help with the recycling of many other things - contact us if you would like to help our Recycling efforts as we do need a new Coordinator!
We also try to feed the birds, encourage native wildflowers to grow in our grounds, and welcome people to use our space to relax - but please do so responsibly and do not leave litter! That’s what the bins and recycling boxes are for.