All posts by lukewalter

Golden rules for helping pollinators

April 25th, 2019

We all know our pollinators need a helping hand. Bees, butterflies, beetles, bats and birds are vital in the maintenance of our ecosystems and, in recent years, those species have been suffering. Pollinator species are essential to the plants that bring us so many every day things – from fruit and vegetables, to raw materials […]

Zero Waste Week

April 24th, 2019

The South Downs National Park is home to growers, producers and retailers of nearly every kind. If looking down from any vantage point, you’re bound to see farmland of some description, either growing crops or rearing livestock.  As a living, breathing landscape, we all have a duty to care for it and conserve it for […]

Otters thrive on the River Meon

April 23rd, 2019

This incredible footage of two playful otters is further proof that the elusive species is thriving on the River Meon – and their favourite food, the eel, is playing its part in the revival. Otters were thought to be locally extinct in Hampshire until recent years when reductions in river pollution due and to less […]

John Muir: father of National Parks

April 20th, 2019

John Muir is incredibly important to National Parks all over the world but who was he? Born in Scotland on April 21 1838, he emigrated with his family to Wisconsin in the USA as a young child, going on to study geology and botany. After a brief career of working in industry he turned his […]

Look up at the sky in wonder

April 14th, 2019

Look up at the sky of the South Downs…and be in awe of our feathered friends. Life can be so busy that it’s often easy to forget the natural beauty around us. But today try something different. Take a moment to slow down and gaze upwards for a while – you’ll be amazed at the […]