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by Stefan
Sun Oct 16, 2022 5:38 pm
Forum: News and Events
Topic: Government's Attack on Nature
Replies: 5
Views: 5431

Re: Government's Attack on Nature

I wrote to my MP as soon as I saw the letter.
And I suggested a few friends did similar.
by Stefan
Sun Aug 21, 2022 5:33 pm
Forum: All about Verges, Churchyards and other Public Green Spaces
Topic: Calling all churchyards!
Replies: 7
Views: 14202

Re: Calling all churchyards!

We are doing our best in Sidmouth.

My colleague Prof Stefan Buczacki wrote a great piece for our website,
https://sidvalleybiodiversity.org.uk/ch ... servation/
by Stefan
Sun Aug 14, 2022 4:58 pm
Forum: Questions and Answers
Topic: Advice on converting an ex maize field to a wild flower meadow
Replies: 5
Views: 6780

Re: Advice on converting an ex maize field to a wild flower meadow

The quickest way to determine if it’s high fertility is to take soil samples and have them analysed. No one can guess the actual nutrient levels and as presumably the maize crop was taken away for silage the levels might be far lower than expected. But if it’s grade 1 land it’ll be naturally fertile...
by Stefan
Sun Jan 09, 2022 8:01 pm
Forum: News and Events
Topic: 404 flowering herbaceous species found
Replies: 4
Views: 4976

Re: 404 flowering herbaceous species found

Thanks Richard.

I’ve asked the author to reply and he is waiting for his request to join the group is approved.
by Stefan
Wed Jan 05, 2022 11:05 am
Forum: News and Events
Topic: 404 flowering herbaceous species found
Replies: 4
Views: 4976

404 flowering herbaceous species found

A year-long survey of the Sid valley’s wild flowers has found over 400 different species, many of them recorded 170 years ago by a local doctor and amateur botanist. This report is the culmination of a years recording by a group of volunteers in the Sid Valley and is a benchmark in which to plan fut...