Category Archives: Biodiversity

“Inspired to Grow” in #Levenshulme, #Manchester – starts Mon April 14th

Posted on April 5, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly
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Interview with Luke Blazejewski of “Clean Up #Salford” at Greater #Manchester Wildlife Conference

Posted on March 30, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Thanks to Luke for agreeing to be interviewed.  And to the wife for buying me the video camera, for my 40th birthday last year (cough cough).

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Upcoming Event: “Nature in the City” #Manchester Art Gallery Thurs 3rd April

Posted on March 29, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Thursday 3rd April MANCHESTER ART GALLERY NATURE IN THE CITY 5.30 – 8.30pm The evenings are lighter and spring is in the air. Join us for an evening inspired by Thomas Horsfall and his Art Museum that celebrates spring, nature … Continue reading →

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Greater #Manchester Wildlife Conference Sat 29th March

Posted on March 19, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

http://www.gmwildlife.org.uk/conference/ On Saturday the 29th of March 2014 Greater Manchester Local Record Centre (GMLRC) is holding its first wildlife recording conference. The conference will take place at Manchester Museum, Oxford Road, M13 9PL. The aim of the conference is to … Continue reading →

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“If we die, we’re taking you with us” say the bees. And they’re not wrong

Posted on March 15, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly
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Book Review: ‘The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History’ #Manchester #climate

Posted on March 15, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

MCFly’s biodiversity correspondent, Dave Bishop, reads a “brilliant, lucid, very readable, scientifically up-to-date, tragic and utterly terrifying” book… Review: ‘The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History’ by Elizabeth Kolbert; Bloomsbury, 2014. On one fateful day 66 million years ago, the Earth’s … Continue reading →

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#Manchester Green Infrastructure Plan (progress report) to be scrutinised, Tues 4th March

Posted on March 3, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

On Tuesday 4th March Manchester City Council’s bureaucracy will do something that is both note-worthy and praise-worthy. It will … present a “work in progress” document for inspection by elected members of the Council. The Green and Blue Infrastructure Strategy … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Event: Wildlife Geocaching in the Mersey Valley, Thurs 20th Feb #Manchester

Posted on February 9, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Wildlife Geocaching in the Mersey Valley. Have fun learning how to use a GPS to seek out hidden wildlife caches. Don’t worry if you’ve never used one before we’ll show you how. The aim of this activity is to use … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Event: #Chorlton Community Wildlife Garden work Sat 1st Feb, 10am #Manchester

Posted on January 29, 2014 by manchesterclimatemonthly

Chorlton Community Wildlife Garden working party this Saturday 1st Feb 10am – 1pm. Map! We have some more feeders up now and lots of birds around, we have 6 nest boxes to go up 2 with cameras in them! Hope … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Event: Winter Tree and Shrub identification course, #Chorlton, #Manchester #biodiversity

Posted on December 21, 2013 by manchesterclimatemonthly

On Sunday the 12th January 2014 the Greater Manchester Ecology Unit will be running a Winter Tree and Shrub Identification course at Chorlton Water Park. Places are limited, so booking is essential. For more details, please follow this link: http://www.gmwildlife.org.uk/news/index.php?id=248 Please note … Continue reading →

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