Community volunteers tackle New Greens’ last major litter eyesore
Community volunteers are tackling what is described as the last major litter problem at New Greens.
Environment
How drones are hunting fires hidden beneath the Cairngorms
Drone pilots are using thermal cameras to locate hidden hot spots left under the ground after a huge wildfire in the Cairngorms, allowing ground teams to put them out efficiently. Green shoots, fungi and wildflowers are already emerging through the scorched forest, and the same drones will be used to track the landscape's recovery over the years ahead.
‘Flourishing’ Sycamore Gap Tree Has Ring of New Shoots Already 3-Feet Tall
Three years after the Sycamore Gap tree on Hadrian's Wall was felled, new shoots have grown thickly around its stump and are reaching two to three feet tall. The National Trust says protective measures such as reducing soil compaction and limiting disturbance are working, and saplings grown from the tree's seed have been shared with communities across the UK.
Coastal Golf Course Turned into Vital Wetland Habitat for Seabirds
A golf course on England's Lincolnshire coast has been converted by the National Trust into a wetland nature reserve, and seabirds such as plovers, avocets and lapwings were already using it before it opened to the public. The site is free of pesticides and public water supply, and nesting birds have been recorded there this year.