Category: Community

In the March Nature Note I reported on the decline of willow tits in our part of the county. With some time to spare early on 22 March I decided to visit two local sites in search of these birds. The first hour walking by the River Sence was fruitless and I eventually found myself sheltering from the wind wherever there was a high hedge, listening for willow tits. The highlights of this hour did not amount to much: three bullfinches seen and one singing chiffchaff.

Our March meeting was led by professional artist Maxine Dodd who lives and works in Church Langton. She is known primarily for her award-winning images of cyclists, in ink and watercolour. She also has experience of using a wide variety of media.

A conversation with Jonathan Simons, founding editor of offline publishing house Analog Sea, at Kibworth Books, 28/3/23

I wonder if you have taken a trip to the new Recycling Facility along the A6 out of Kibworth? What an amazing selection of choices for our recycling. Now which number was it for electrical goods or plastic bottles? Thankfully staff are around to answer our queries.

The UK Government’s new Emergency Alerts System is now live.

Saturday 22 April Meet at 2pm at Fleckney municipal car park, High Street, Fleckney, Leicestershire LE8 8AJ

Amazingly, approximately one third of total greenhouse gas emissions causing carbon levels to rise come from food production including global food waste.

Audrey Hepburn - the famous actress, is sadly no longer with us. People -at least some people-listen uncritically, to the words of stars from the big screen and television. Audrey Hepburn once said,memorably, 'To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow’. Sowing seeds is one of life’s most hopeful activities..It points towards an unknown future, warmer and longer days and an abundant harvest. March, according to the seed packets is the time to sow. The weather may be chilly as it often is in March (as I write this it is trying to snow!) so a pot and tray on the warm windowsill is usually an effective alternative.

Following years of wishful thinking and, in some cases, denial of factual evidence, there is now general acceptance that much of the natural world is in decline. For some species the decline is irreversible, leading to extinction.

“Morning has broken like the first morning, blackbird has spoken like the first bird” ― Cat Stevens.