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It's officially autumn here at Coombes Valley, we have heard the echoes of bellowing red stags in the bottom of the valley and it

So far through these blogs I’ve explored how veteran trees support a massive range of other plants, fungi and animals that couldn’t survi

October comes and with it varied weather, often cold and wet, so butterflies, bees and other insects are on the look out for a spell of w

As I’ve already discussed veteran trees can be very old indeed and by their very nature have had to go through some real hardship to reac

It’s common to see trunks of ancient trees draped in a colourful carpet of moss and other primitive plant growth.

We are now into autumn and those of us who are regularly out and about in the Churnet will have noticed some changes – the fungi are star

We are very lucky in the Churnet valley to have a great range of woodland birds, some of which are actually quite rare.

Last week I looked at the ways bats use veteran trees and now I’m going to be exploring the other mammals that rely on ancient trees.

Bats as we all know are nocturnal which means they need somewhere to hold up during the day to hide from predators and have a well earned

One of the most important groups of animals associated with veterans is the thousands of insects and other invertebrates that live on the