Did you know that snowdrops are not native to the UK?
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It’s buttercup time!
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Common name: cowslip
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…about bluebells
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Recycling cans
by Sarah Marsh
Wednesday morning’s work party began with members of the Friends of Southwick Country Park loading up Patrick’s trailer and his car with sacks of flattened aluminium cans to take to Shanley’s our local scrap dealer. On their way, they paused to collect more sacks from Jim’s house.
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Trees are cool!
There is a climate anomaly in the south eastern states of the USA that, until recently, scientists have been unable to explain. While the rest of the country has suffered from rapidly rising temperatures, these anomalous areas have either flatlined or cooled. What is going on?
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Did you know that there are neonicitinoids in the monthly flea and tick treatments your vet prescribes for your cats and dogs, and that these dangerous neurotoxins can be transferred to your hands right the way through the active period of the treatment, despite what it says on the box.
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Timing
Changing temperatures are initiating plant growth earlier and earlier every year. In the reserve, there are already primroses in flower. While we might find the early flowering of daffodils and snowdrops encouraging, there are other species in the park for which it might be a disaster.
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Named Storms
Hot on the heels of Storm Isha comes Jocelyn, the season’s tenth named storm.
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Here’s a thing…
Last year’s UN Climate Change Conference, known as COP28, was hosted by a major oil producer, the United Arab Emirates, and chaired by Sultan Al Jaber, the CEO of ADNOC, the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company. Do you want to guess which country is going to host COP29 in November of this year?
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Southwick Country Park Nature Reserve 