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Footprint tunnel at Dropping Well Farm

Following footprints

Joe has been following footprints on the search for small mammals at Dropping Well Farm..

Tower mustard in a pot

Must-have mustards

Joe gets busy planting with local communities to boost numbers of this particular perennial herb...

Josie's wildlife garden. You can see houses in the background

Creating networks for wildlife

Beccy explains more about how communities have been helping to restore heathland and create corridors for wildlife...

Yellowhammer amongst blossom of a hawthorn tree by Wendy Carter

Project Yellowhammer

Ion takes a look at the plight of yellowhammers and what we can all do to help these beautiful birds...

A meadow at Dropping Well Farm, with buildings in the distance

Winter wonderings

Beccy reflects on a busy year at Dropping Well Farm...

A group of volunteers tree popping at The Devil's Spittleful by Wendy Carter

Could you be a mini-mammoth?

Beccy takes a closer look at how an amazing bunch of conservation volunteers are recreating the past...

Illustration of heathland management through time - background of heathland habitat with mammoth illustration, farmer with scythe illustration, soldier with rifle illustration, tractor illustration and photo of a group of modern volunteers

Heathland heritage

Volunteer and guest blogger Sue Duffield takes a look at how Dropping Well Farm and the surrounding heathland became what they are today...

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