Tag: wildlife
Tadpoles update (1)
We give out wildlife pond a clean every two or three years. Timing is important and by doing it early spring we hopefully won’t disturb our resident amphibians (not sure if frogs or toads!) a ch... Read More
Investor in Wildlife. It’s official.
Delighted to receive our Investors In Wildlife pack from Sophie Flux, Senior Business Partnerships Officer at Suffolk Wildlife Trust. Picture taken in front of our ‘if we can do it, anyone can d... Read More
Investor In Wildlife
Claydon Court has become an Investor In Wildlife. This programme is run by Suffolk Wildlife Trust and encourages organisations to use resources in support of wildlife in our county. It’s unfortu... Read More
Wildlife zones
Claydon Court’s sustainability agenda goes beyond measuring, offsetting and reducing carbon (Less is MOR). We’re therefore talking to Suffolk Wildlife Trust about how they can help us do... Read More
Slow worm surprise
A long time ago we used pallets donated by Nethergate Wines to create compost bins. Rumour has it that these encourage slow worms but there’s been no evidence of this … until last week. ... Read More
Rough sleeping
We’re re-using the sleepers replaced recently to provide some cover for wildlife. They’ve only been there for a few days and when we came to pile them up properly we’d already had our first vi... Read More
Supporting wildlife
Great presentation from Suffolk Wildlife Trust at yesterday’s Carbon Charter Summer Party. Worrying too, with cuckoos, hedgehogs and insects declining by 68%, 75% and 78% since the 1980s. Busine... Read More
Wildlife planting completed
Thanks to Francesca and Jake (pictured) for picking some nice weather this week to complete the wildlife planting at Claydon Court. It’s already looking good and will be transformed in spring.... Read More
Rewilding project launched
We’re working with Green Eye Design to maximise the rewilding potential we have at Claydon Court. It all starts next month and we’ll keep you posted.... Read More
Tracks of my deers
One of the benefits of recent snow was to prove our theory about Muntjac deer visiting for crab apples (see earlier post). The tracks clearly prove Tony’s hypothesis … The bad... Read More
Wildlife zone competition
Everyone can take action to protect the environment and limit climate change at home and work, even as they become blurred. At Claydon Court we’ve reduced as much as we can through EV charge p... Read More