Remembering Our Friend John Steer
It is with great sadness that we have to report on the sudden passing of one of our longest serving volunteers, aged 76, John Steer.
It is with great sadness that we have to report on the sudden passing of one of our longest serving volunteers, aged 76, John Steer.
Selfheal is a low-growing, creeping plant that likes the short turf of grasslands, roadside verges or even lawns. Its clusters of violet flowers appear in summer.
Jayke Forshaw, Out for Nature co-chair, shares his perspective on Pride.
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Steep neutral lowland meadows, enclosed and divided by ancient and species rich hedgerows.
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