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Unlocking the Power of the Tides: Severn Estuary Commission Calls for Action
The Severn Estuary Commission has published its landmark 2025 recommendations, putting tidal range energy firmly back on the national...


Digging Into the Past to Shape a Greener Future
How has our local environment changed over the last 150 years? Do our efforts to to support nature truly matter?
From wildflower-rich churchyards to rewilding today, we make a comparison with the past by visiting Gloucestershire Heritage Hub.
Explore the archives: gloucestershire.gov.uk/archives
Get involved: wottonareacan@gmail.com


Wotton's Newest Wood - Full Moon Wood
There is an old proverb that goes ‘The best time to plant a tree was 30 years ago. The next best time is today’. So it was that five...


A Year of Positive Action: Celebrating Community and Climate Wins in Wotton
Over the past year, the Wotton-under-Edge community and its surrounding villages have shown what’s possible when people come together...


Should You Do No Mow May?
No Mow May is a simple idea: you stop mowing your lawn for the month of May to let grasses and wildflowers grow. This provides vital...


The Potential for Regenerative Land Use in Stroud District - Nov 24
Hear from Rebecca Charley, Stroud District Council’s Strategic Lead for Nature Recovery and Biodiversity. With over 20 years of...


Wild Beavers in Gloucestershire?
Over the past 12 months, Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust has been running a joint study with Forestry England to determine the feasibility of


British Bats - a virtual guided safari
Bats make up a quarter of all British mammals, with 18 bat species resident in the UK. Our bats: like the dark eat insects have complex...


Wotton Wildlife Watch
It may not be generally known, that there is an additional sub group to Wotton Area CAN. The group was started about 18 months ago and is...


Wotton Area CAN & St. Mary's EcoChurch
They always say getting started is the hardest part, so it was a stroke of good timing (and a bit of good old Wotton networking) that...


Planting Wild Flower Seeds
Where should I plant them? Wildflower seeds are best planted in well drained, nutrient poor soils in a sunny location. Heavier clay...


How to make a wildlife pond
Creating a wildlife pond couldn’t be simpler and doesn’t require a garden or need to be an expensive project, so long as you have some...
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