Beechboy For some reason I’ve never felt comfortable with having favourites when it comes to the natural world. It just doesn’t seem right to prefer the bullfinch to the great tit, but when it comes to trees I certainly do have preferences and my favourite for many years has been the beech.For a start its […]
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Stunning pictures of a Kingfisher feeding on the banks of the River Goyt in New Mills, accessible from the steps beside New Mills Heritage Centre Pictures by jonkiddphotography.com
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One thing leads to another. I don’t know whether you saw it, but last winter I posted an entry about the large number of field voles there were in rough pastureland around town (increases like this are called ‘explosions’ and a similar thing occurs with lemmings – close relations – in Northern Europe). Well it
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The curators at New Mills Heritage Centre were delighted to be invited by the BBC to take along the museum’s WW1 Torr Top Tunnel trench sign for filming at Lyme Park last week (10th September). The day stayed fine and was much enjoyed by the museum party made up of curators Linda Whitaker, Maureen Hall,
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Sale : The last Saturday of every month from 10am until 2pm an amazing selection of sports gear all for £10 or less at LeSports Factory Unit on Woodside Street, New Mills – next one is 26 September
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Flora and fauna : Jaywalking We were visited by a pair of these beauties the other day, collecting peanuts (they can hold up to a dozen in their gullet at one time) to store in hidey holes. You’re most likely to see them in the autumn when they’re busy collecting their favourite food, acorns, and
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Foxy ladies What a good year for foxgloves. They take a full two years to reach flowering…and as you’ll know the aim of all flowers is to attract insects which pass on pollen to fertilise others. Through evolution, different flowers have developed expertly to attract specific pollenating insects from tiny wasps and flies to the
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Flora and fauna : Balsam bashing Himalayan Balsam colonises areas rapidly and quickly outcompetes the surrounding vegetation and reduces diversity. Himalayan Balsam is an annual plant; growing from seed, flowering and setting seed within a year before dying. All Himalayan balsam plants germinate from the previous years seed. Annual plants do not have the need
Plaque unveiling at New Mills Central The new time for Northern Rail’s Area Manager, Alex Hynes to arrive for the ceremony to unveil the plaque at Central Railway Station is 11.15pm The 150th Anniversary of the Station‘s opening on the 1st July 1865 is being celebrated in New Mills with a number of events, starting
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Familiar to everyone the wren is still a favourite of mine…(does anyone else remember them on farthings?) We’re lucky enough to have a pair nesting in a quiet corner of the garden again this year; they’ve spruced up a nest which was built two years ago, but was left unused last year. Normally the male
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