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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

My walk didn't exactly go as planned yesterday.

Walking through woodland in late summer and autumn, one of the many interesting things we can find are the fungi that seem to appear with

Since I’ve taken on the Churnet Valley Veteran tree project the one question that I have been asked by far the most, from both colleagues

My human was sparing with the truth when the magic words 'walkies' were called from the back door.

Look out for the silver washed fritillary in the woods of the Churnet Valley, or in your garden if you are lucky.