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Mike Copland
Oct 26, 20222 min read
Nature: the part each of us can play
First, a quick reminder of our Water Vole Celebration meeting on 3rd November. Details on our Meetup site here. It’s a busy time for...
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Mike Copland
Sep 30, 20222 min read
We’re celebrating Ratty’s Return
Join us on Thursday 3rd November to celebrate the return of water voles to Cookham’s waterways. The WildCookham project undertaken over...
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Mike Copland
Jul 26, 20222 min read
Get the Buzz!
August and high summer is insect time – the time for us to get to know more about the amazing array of insect life around Cookham. The...
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Mike Copland
Jun 29, 20222 min read
Let’s hear it for ….
Joining a botanical walk on Pinkneys Green recently brought home how it’s not just the obvious ‘pretty flower’ pollinators that are...
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Mike Copland
May 26, 20222 min read
A Cookham Pastoral
The seasons of life come to us all, and so it is in our wonderful Cookham countryside. March gave us early foliage on trees such as Ash...
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Mike Copland
Mar 19, 20222 min read
What is Nature for?
The BBC Radio 4 programme ‘The Moral Maze’ recently posed this question. It’s Genesis, the first book in the Bible, that tells us that...
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Mike Copland
Mar 7, 20222 min read
Springtime: are you buzzing?
Spring is with us as, once again, nature shows its power over everything that we humans mess up. And WildCookham is continuing in its...
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Mike Copland
Aug 30, 20212 min read
Here’s a way you can give Nature a chance
So now we know. The latest Climate Change report states that we’re very likely to hit 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial temperatures in...
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Mike Copland
Jul 31, 20212 min read
Nature a la Carte
So we’ve had the aperitif and the starter, the initial burst of Spring followed by the excitement of life breaking out across our natural...
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Mike Copland
Jan 28, 20212 min read
Fixing the roof before the world caves in
I had to go up into the roof of our house the other day. It’s an old building and up there I had a fresh look at the timbers used to...
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Mike Copland
Oct 1, 20202 min read
The Wealth of Wildlife
It’s difficult to avoid the news about biodiversity loss and the destruction of the habitats on which our wildlife depends. We are right...
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Mike Copland
Aug 27, 20202 min read
Standing and staring
Among all the bad things that the Corona virus has brought us, it has resulted in people spending more time in our local countryside. The...
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Mike Copland
Jun 28, 20201 min read
Free Lunch, anyone?
There’s no such thing as a free lunch. A truism that we are coming to understand as we humans realise the environmental and climate costs...
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Mike Copland
Mar 24, 20202 min read
Who matters?
(This post for the April edition of 'The Parishioner' was written before the full unfolding of the Covid19 crisis. Information about...
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Mike Copland
Feb 29, 20202 min read
Every Little Helps
Every Little Helps – to borrow a phrase from one or more of our supermarket chains. It certainly works with our wildlife. And Cookham...
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Mike Copland
Jan 19, 20202 min read
Let’s Be Optimistic
New Year and a new decade – so let’s be optimistic. For lovers of wildlife here in Cookham there is much that may concern us.
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Mike Copland
Jan 4, 20202 min read
December 2019: Make a Gift for Nature
With New Year resolutions in the air here are a few ideas for gifts to our natural world.
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