Centre is wild about education

5:10pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

Sutton Courtenay Environmental Education Centre has grown up from humble beginnings as an outdoor space for local school children, to an exciting and innovative centre at the top of its field: learning about the environment outside the classroom. COLBY BENARI reports

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Flaming orange

5:00pm Wednesday 8th July 2009

Be brave with the orange, says VAL BOURNE

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WildCRU get down to work

5:30am Thursday 2nd July 2009

PETER BARRINGTON on conservation efforts by Oxford University scientists

Get out and go wild

5:30am Thursday 2nd July 2009

Every fortnight your local Wildlife Trust gives you an expert insight into the wildlife around you and shares some tips on how to enjoy it. Tranquil, balmy summer days, with blue skies and fragrant air, are the prefect time to enjoy our local landscapes. HELEN WALSH, BBOWT writer, predicts a riot of colour in the countryside as our roadside verges and farmland edges brim with the wild flowers of yesteryear.

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Guerilla gardening

9:32am Thursday 2nd July 2009

VAL BOURNE on fearless nighttime efforts to brighten derelict plots

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Thinking big for our wildlife

9:25am Thursday 25th June 2009

There is a revolution in the conservation world as work moves away from small pockets of nature and focuses on linking wildlife across the landscape. HELEN WALSH, of the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT), finds out how thinking big can help the smaller creatures of Oxfordshire

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Delightful astrantias

9:30am Thursday 25th June 2009

Val Bourne on the delights of astrantias — better-known as Hattie’s pincushion

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Birds silent as breeding season ends

9:28am Thursday 25th June 2009

The breeding season is now over for many birds. Some of those surviving this period of extreme activity will have been successful in their efforts to produce more birds of their kind.

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A buzz about Shotover Hill

9:44am Thursday 18th June 2009

ELIZABETH EDWARDS finds more bees and wasps around than we think

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Aquilegias deserve their place

9:53am Thursday 18th June 2009

Val Bourne on the nectar-filled and early flowering aquilegia family

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