High Praze for WI hedge competition
Judges of the Cornwall Federation of Women’s Institutes’ Allsop Cup competition were taken aback by the levels of interest and high standard of entries this year. Praze-an-Beeble WI were awarded…
Judges of the Cornwall Federation of Women’s Institutes’ Allsop Cup competition were taken aback by the levels of interest and high standard of entries this year. Praze-an-Beeble WI were awarded…
Cornwall Wildlife Trust launches first ever Cornish Wildlife Photography Competition.
The unpleasant, astringent smell of Hedge woundwort makes this medium-sized plant of woodlands, hedgerows and roadside verges stand out from the crowd.
Hedge mustard is a tall plant with small, yellow flowers atop tough stems. It likes disturbed ground and grows in hedgerows and roadside verges, and on waste ground.
A climbing plant of woodlands, hedgerows, riverbanks and gardens, Hedge bindweed can become a pest in some places. It has large, trumpet-shaped, white flowers and arrow-shaped leaves.
Considered Britain's most threatened butterfly, the high brown fritillary can be only be found in a few areas of England and Wales.
Hedges provide important shelter and protection for wildlife, particularly nesting birds and hibernating insects.
Vine House Farm, the home of pioneering wildlife-friendly farmer Nicolas Watts and his family, grows 400 acres of bird seed, including 100 acres of sunflowers, and is a haven for a host of…
Cornwall Wildlife Trust’s Wild Penwith volunteer group has built and repaired over 100 meters of Cornish hedge over the years but living, “green” hedges are a fairly rare feature of the Penwith…