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Re-wilding/Ecology Plan

To conserve and improve green spaces is a Government initiative.

Local Nature Recovery Strategies - the first time that planning for nature’s recovery has been made a legal requirement for councils in England.

https://www.plantlife.org.uk/uk/blog/local-nature-recovery-strategies-we-will-reap-what-we-sow

'By default they (hedgehog signs) should improve road safety for all as people naturally slow down out of curiosity to read the sign. I see this as a road safety and wildlife win!'

Dramatic Population Decline in Britain's Rural Hedgehogs

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/february/britains-rural-hedgehogs-see-dramatic-population-decline.html

No Mow May; learn more here - https://nomowmay.plantlife.org.uk/what-is-no-mow-may/

https://youtu.be/FM_gTvQpOGY

The Climate and Biodiversity Emergency - Thanet

https://www.thanet.gov.uk/info-pages/climate-emergency/

Kent's Plan Bee pollinator action plan -

https://www.kent.gov.uk/environment-waste-and-planning/nature-and-biodiversity/pollinators/kents-plan-bee-pollinator-action-plan

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-road-sign-to-improve-road-safety-and-protect-animals

People's Plan for Nature -

https://youtu.be/vByrzqdOf3Q

https://growwild.kew.org/get-involved/seed-kits/apply

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/sites/default/files/2022-04/BAT-BOX-2016-RGB.jpg

Cliffsend Parish Council Re-wilding/Ecology Plan

Dottie's Little Hog Hospital visit to Cliffsend

This week we were invited... - Dottie’s Little Hog Hospital | Facebook

Hedgehog Awareness Week

2023.indd (britishhedgehogs.org.uk)

To encourage hedgehogs to your garden - put food and water out, get a box with straw and ensure access (create hedgehog highways) with your neighbours.

https://bighedgehogmap.org/