by Rachel Westwood.
Identify bird song
As we do start to move into Spring one of the things we can do to help us identify and understand more about some of our local wildlife is to learn to identify bird song.
The Wildlife Trusts have produced a guide to the songs of birds we may be likely to hear. Birds use their songs during mating season to attract mates as well as using it as a tool to defend their territories, so it's very important for them. Birds you might hear include the Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit and Chaffinch - all birds that come into my garden. You can find the guide by clicking the picture below.
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.