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Species of the Month

Skylark
(photo by Dean Eades)
 
An exaltation of skylarks
The skylark is secretive and inconspicious until it hovers high in the sky, singing. Though renown for this soaring song flight hasn't prevented it's decline. The skylark remains widespread but as farming practices changed, their numbers fell. Between 1969 and 1991, the UK population declined by more than 50%.
 
Skylarks are just one of the birds in song at this time of year. To experience the multitude of voices, you need to by up at dawn! Just open your window and enjoy or join one of our dawn chorus events.
 


 
Biofuels and wildlife in Lincolnshire
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust strongly supports measures to reduce the use of energy and development of energy efficient technology and practices. But should we be supporters of biofuels?
Find out more about the issue and what you can do
Tune in to the Dawn Chorus
Sunday 4 May 2008 is International Dawn Chorus Day. Throughout the UK, people with gardens that attract birds are encouraged to wake up early, just after 4am, and hear the dawn chorus from their bedroom window. Or if you want to experience the dawn chorus in the wild, join an early morning bird walks on a nature reserve.
Find out more...
 
Draft Marine Bill published
The draft Marine Bill published on 3 April 2008 is an important step towards restoring the health of the UK’s seas. The Trust has campaigned for many years for new laws to bring marine conservation into the 21st century and are delighted that the draft Bill contains numerous measures we have lobbied for including Marine Conservation Zones. We shall continue to campaign for marine wildlife and to ensure that we get an effective Marine Act on the statute book in 2009.
Find out more about our campaign for a Marine Bill
Water vole becomes a protected species
A century after the publication of The Wind in the Willows, and six years after a change in the law was first recommended, “Ratty” is finally to receive full protection from the law, under new proposals announced on 26 February by Defra.
Read the press release

Trustees for Nature
A Memoir of the conservation movement in Lincolnshire and the UK by Ted Smith, President Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust
Described by Sir David Attenborough as "Of absorbing interest to those who care about the British countryside", Trustees for Nature is an intimate personal account of events and developments in wildlife conservation and of the people involved.
Trustees for Nature is available from Trust shops and by mail order.

 
Situation Vacant
• Local Wildlife Sites Survey Assistant
Survey Assistant needed to provide support to our Wildlife Sites Officer in preparing for and carrying out field surveys.
Director's Page
Making Biodiversity Relevant to People
Trust Assistant Director (Conservation) Caroline Steel looks at the importance of making biodiversity relevant to people.
Latest Press Releases
April 29 – BioBlitz at Banovallum
April 28 – Conservationists unite to condemn Wash barrage proposal
April 24 – Green Awards deadline draws near
April 11 – Beautiful bluebells are feeling blue
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Country Diary ~ May
Broadcasts this month on BBC Radio Lincolnshire.
LWT Membership
Trust membership is now over 25,800 (April 2008), including the junior wing, the Wildlife Watch Club.
If you care about your environment and want to help protect wildlife and wild places please support the Trust by becoming a member.
 
 
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