That hour before lunch can be a difficult slot for any speaker to fill, but Fergus Beeley was spell binding, the hour flew by and I think all of us were moved by his video footage of snippets of wildlife films he has made over the last 25 years with Sir
David Attenborough, including famous titles for the BBC such as the
‘Life Of Birds’, ‘Planet Earth – the future’ and ‘The Natural World’.
Fergus Beeley then went on to talk about how we can help reverse the trend of the massive crash in biodiversity by rewilding, which involves leaving some ground uncultivated to give wildlife a chance to complete their life cycles. Insect larvae for example are crucial for birds like thrushes and blue tits. It's our responsibility to keep food chains going to stop species becoming extinct.
The solution to reduction in biodiversity is rewilding, some key points can be found on their website where the Blue Campaign is explained:
'Be creative: many people are cutting a path (each week) through the middle of the lawn, so that they can look and enjoy their own wildlife reserve on either side.
Cut and rake the long grass in September.
Keep a corner of your garden completely UNDISTURBED at all times, letting native flora such as bramble or hawthorn provide impenetrable cover for small birds and snails.
Please do not use slug pellets. They kill snails and go up through the food chain to kill hedgehogs.
Please keep any ‘garden waste’, as this makes perfect wildlife habitat and should not be removed. Heap up the hedge clippings from an Autumn cut and put leaves on top. This is ideal habitat for hedgehogs and costs nothing.'
I have copied the photo above from the Blue Campaign's website, it shows how even small areas can be rewilded by leaving the grass to grow. Blue hearts have been made out of recycled materials
Above a photo of Fergus introducing his ideas and below the links to Twitter and Facebook
It's not possible to read them, so here they are:
Twitter: @blue_campaign1
Facebook: @bluecampaignhub
Web: www.bluecampaignhub.com
I'm keen to try the blue hearts in the garden, and encourage others to use them in our grassy areas.
Fergus Beeley then went on to talk about how we can help reverse the trend of the massive crash in biodiversity by rewilding, which involves leaving some ground uncultivated to give wildlife a chance to complete their life cycles. Insect larvae for example are crucial for birds like thrushes and blue tits. It's our responsibility to keep food chains going to stop species becoming extinct.
The solution to reduction in biodiversity is rewilding, some key points can be found on their website where the Blue Campaign is explained:
'Be creative: many people are cutting a path (each week) through the middle of the lawn, so that they can look and enjoy their own wildlife reserve on either side.
Cut and rake the long grass in September.
Keep a corner of your garden completely UNDISTURBED at all times, letting native flora such as bramble or hawthorn provide impenetrable cover for small birds and snails.
Please do not use slug pellets. They kill snails and go up through the food chain to kill hedgehogs.
Please keep any ‘garden waste’, as this makes perfect wildlife habitat and should not be removed. Heap up the hedge clippings from an Autumn cut and put leaves on top. This is ideal habitat for hedgehogs and costs nothing.'
Twitter: @blue_campaign1
Facebook: @bluecampaignhub
Web: www.bluecampaignhub.com
I'm keen to try the blue hearts in the garden, and encourage others to use them in our grassy areas.
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