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Celebrate Southport’s biodiversity

MARCH 10 sees Wirral Allotments Association’s Annual General Meeting.Read

Fairtrade Fortnight: Enjoy a bottle of faitly traded wine and help the planet too

A WINE worthy of investigation is the bottle that bears the iconic blue and green Fairtrade mark. This little tag has been strategically placed to wink at passers-by as they walk the aisles, and encourage wine lovers to bolster a good cause.Read

Southport comedian Lee Mack talks to Jade Wright about his forthcoming Liverpool gigs

LIVERPOOL FC call it the 12th man, and countless bands, actors and comics refer to the unspoken support that comes from playing in front of a home crowd.Read

Spot the snowdrops in Wirral this Spring

WIRRAL families are being encouraged to spot the first snowdrops of the spring.Read

Solar panels, Dibbinsdale Local Nature Reserve talks and a plea for Fairtrade Fortnight

IT costs £12,500 to install solar cells on your roof, but new tariffs should give you a return of at least £25,000, according to the government figures released this week for the Feed-in Tariffs.Read

Stride out into nature for the West Wirral Walk

GET your hiking boots on for The West Wirral Walk, being billed as The Real Deal.Read

Reuse and recycle at the Bluecoat this Valentine’s Day

WIRRAL families are being encouraged to enjoy a free green workout on the Forestry Commission estate at the Bidston Moss community woodland in Birkenhead this February half term.Read

LESS than a week after the world’s largest wildlife survey, over a quarter of a million participants have already sent in their results to the RSPB.

This year’s RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch is shaping up to be the biggest yet, with almost five million birds already recorded. And the wildlife charity expects the final figures will be far higher.Read

Support for local environmental causes is key priority says zoo survey

A NEW Chester Zoo survey has found that we are more concerned with supporting the environment and local social community projects and than with tackling certain global issues.Read

Eco activities in Wirral parks

ROYDEN Park is a hive of eco activity this weekend. Saturday sees a special workshop entitled Rock, Soils and Vegetation.Read

Nature Reserve is home to more than 60 bird species

MAKE the most of your local nature reserves with a series of events at Dibbinsdale Nature Reserve.Read

Celebrate Wirral’s year of biodiversity

WORLD leaders must consider their decisions on biodiversity in the same way that the international community is finding a way of pricing carbon, the environment secretary, Hilary Benn, has said today.Read

Love the birds this Valentines day at Eastham Country Park

LOVE is in the air over at Eastham Country Park on Valentine’s Day, with a special bird box making workshop.Read

RSPB call for help over Big Garden Birdwatch

The biggest wildlife survey in the world is back. The RSPB’s Big Garden Birdwatch takes place on Saturday and Sunday – and it needs your help.Read

Free cycle sessions for Wirral

THERE’S a new scheme designed to get Wirral fit and cut our carbon – without spending precious time and money at the gym.Read

funding for Oil project

A Wirral project that unites the environment and local history has won funding for an exciting youth inclusion project.Read

Transition town West Kirby, and now Eastham too

TRANSITION Town West Kirby have been a busy bunch.Read

Food for thought

THE middle of January has to be the most dismal point of the year. Sensible people are trying their best to save their pennies, and the weather’s so bad a healthy walk could give you hypothermia.Read

Wirral urged to join green talks

The Energy Saving Trust is calling on Wirral Council to make a green new year’s resolution by joining a national summit set to take place in Merseyside later this month.Read

Wirral Conservation opportunities

A TEAM of dedicated volunteers are celebrating the restoration of a length of dry stone wall that’s twice the length of a football pitch, at the RSPB’s Dee Estuary nature reserve in Burton, Wirral.Read

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