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Lots of action across JCC

March 2024 update By Richard Astle Work across the John Clare Countryside to address the climate and biodiversity crisis continues to accelerate, with active projects in all parishes and with more landowners and farmers involved than ever before. Key highlights include: A busy planting season, with hedges, trees, bulbs and wildflowers planted. New nature reserves … Read more

Delights of Swaddywell

A colony of ivy mining bees – one of which is photographed here by Duncan Kirkwood –  have proved an attraction to visitors to Swaddywell. Duncan has made several visits to the site to capture images of the bees (Colletes hederae). On his most recent visit relatively few bees were  flying because of the dull … Read more