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  1. Are we seeing a new climate normal?

    Are we seeing a new climate normal?

    From Ben McCarthy, Head of Nature Conservation and Restoration Ecology at the National Trust

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  2. How to spot fascinating fungi this autumn

    How to spot fascinating fungi this autumn

    By the National Trust

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  3. Hedging our bets for wildlife

    Hedging our bets for wildlife

    By the National Trust

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  4. Meet the farmers bringing back our native birds

    Meet the farmers bringing back our native birds

    When was the last time you saw the bright flash of a yellowhammer? Or heard the gentle song of a turtle dove?

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  5. Looking after wildlife during lockdown

    Looking after wildlife during lockdown

    With everyone spending more time at home due to lockdown now is an ideal time to think about how we can look after the wildlife we might see around us, either by building a home for birds or bees, or getting creative with different types of bird feeders for your garden, windowsill or balcony.

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  6. Ash dieback - a big issue for UK woodlands

    Ash dieback - a big issue for UK woodlands

    Ash dieback is spreading through National Trust land at the fastest rate since it arrived in the country eight years ago.

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  7. Could dropped litter be devastating for red squirrels?

    Could dropped litter be devastating for red squirrels?

    By Justin Matthews, ranger at the National Trust’s Formby

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  8. Beaver’s new home at Holnicote

    Beaver’s new home at Holnicote

    Ben Eardley, project manager and Tom Matchet, ranger – share what’s happened to the first male and female beaver released at the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate on the edge of Exmoor.

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  9. An albino badger in Buckinghamshire: a story of wildlife amid human lockdown

    An albino badger in Buckinghamshire: a story of wildlife amid human lockdown

    First it was orcas in Strangford Lough, then goats in Llandudno. Wildflowers sprung up in car parks and cuckoos were heard a stone’s throw from the M4.

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  10. In search of the yellowhammer

    In search of the yellowhammer

    The unmistakeable golden bird that was once a common sight in our fields

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  11. Farne Island Seals

    Farne Island Seals

    It’s day 10 for me on Brownsman, Farne Islands, and I have to it I really want a shower!

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  12. A vision for nature at Wicken Fen

    A corner of England that has more species of plants and wildlife then anywhere in the UK has celebrated its 120th anniversary – Wicken Fen. Find out more in this guest blog from the National Trust.

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  13. Counting puffins on the Farne Islands

    Puffins have traditionally done well on the wild Farne Islands off the Northumberland coast, but they are now being closely monitored amid fears climate change is having an adverse effect on sources of food and puffin numbers internationally. Find out more from the National Trust.

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