by willoughbypc | May 5, 2023 | Nature & Wildlife, Parish Council
Do you want to leave a positive lasting impact on your land by planting trees? If so, Trees for Climate will give you the tools to put down roots in your local area that will last for generations. Your trees will stand as a positive legacy for a brighter future, a...
by willoughbypc | Apr 9, 2022 | Nature & Wildlife
Village resident Rob Bowyer acts as our Footpaths Officer; below you can read his annual report. Notts County Council Rights of Way officers are beginning to get back to normal on their work, having asked everyone to bear in mind, that because of the COVID-19...
by willoughbypc | May 15, 2021 | Nature & Wildlife
In response to the increased fear of pet theft, Neighbourhood Watch has launched our PROTECT YOUR POOCH campaign. You can support the campaign by acting on their advice & you can help make pet theft a specific criminal offence by signing a petition or writing to...
by willoughbypc | Nov 2, 2020 | Autumn, Nature & Wildlife
Willoughby’s beautiful Millennium Wood is maintained by a wonderful team of volunteers. Now led by Dick Merriman – and before that for many years by Brian Thornally – the team looks after the trees, maintains the pathways and sees that any jobs that...
by willoughbypc | Apr 10, 2020 | Community posts, Nature & Wildlife
This is the ideal time of year to make use of hedgerow foods. The present shortages will challenge our skills in making food stretch further. When going for your daily walk around our wonderful countryside, take a plastic bag and a pair of rubber gloves. The nettles...
by willoughbypc | May 12, 2017 | Natural History Page, Nature & Wildlife
There is a whole world of grasses at our feet waiting to be explored and appreciated as part of the scenery and of our rural environment. If we count the cereal crops, which we should include because botanically and genetically they belong amongst the grasses, then 26...