Aerial view of Spernal and Windmill Hill
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275,000 trees planted in the last three years thanks to project

11 February 2025
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Heart of England ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ
Over 275,000 trees have been planted in the West Midlands as part of an ambitious three-year project to deliver tree planting across our local landscape and community spaces. 
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Meet the 'Venus of the woods'

1 February 2019
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Heart of England ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ
Find out more about the ash tree that makes up some 20% of the UK's woodland.
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Hurrah for humble hawthorn

1 January 2019
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Heart of England ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ
The humble hawthorn is a hedgerow shrub that provides a vital habitat teeming with its very own galaxy of insects and wildlife, and an invaluable source of winter nutrition for many species.
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Grasshoppers - the chirpy chappies of the ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ

1 August 2018
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Heart of England ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ
Apart from their distinctive song, what do we know about the elusive grasshopper?
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5 reasons to spend time in the ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ

30 June 2018
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Elaine Skates
Head of Learning and Skills, Elaine, explains how spending time in the ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ is a perfect antidote to the bustle and noise of modern life.
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Dropping hints!

31 May 2018
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Sophie Leszczynska
Spring offers the perfect opportunity to look for the tell-tale signs that woodland mammals have been wandering the ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ.
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Meet the blue sheep of the family...

1 May 2018
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Heart of England ºÚÁÏ´«ËÍÃÅ
We now have a flock of Blue Texel sheep, and, yes, they really ARE blue!
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