Wildlife

Spotlight on countryside deer

Rating: 2

July 19th 2012

We are all so used to scary stories in the media about vanishing wildlife that it comes as a bit of a surprise to find one group of species which is thriving in today’s countryside: deer...

Animal Magic - Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka

Rating: 2

July 11th 2011

Flatulent bubble baths, splashes and showers: Karen Bowerman watches a herd of seventy elephants enjoy bath time at Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka...

Animal Magic - Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka

Rating: 2

July 11th 2011

Flatulent bubble baths, splashes and showers: Karen Bowerman watches a herd of seventy elephants enjoy bath time at Pinnewala Elephant Orphanage, Sri Lanka...

Top 10 Cat Care Tips

Rating: 3

November 22nd 2010

Learn how to make your cat happy with our 10 top tips for making your feline your friend...

The protection of wildlife for future generations is a key aim of Staffordshire Wildlife Trust, and one of the ways this is achieved is by working with young people to nurture a love and respect for the environment. Youth Projects Officer Martin E...

The garden detective

Rating: 3

February 27th 2009

Head Gardener Joe Hawkins has been granted a scholarship to research Europe's great gardens including his own ward - Shugborough

Signs of spring

Rating: 2

February 24th 2009

Anita Wright gets out into her March garden and creates an arrangement with brightly coloured tulips

Streams of inspiration

Rating: 3

February 2nd 2009

Joe Hawkins begins a journey of discovery, visiting great gardens at home and abroad to help his quest to enhance his beloved Shugborough

Jewel of the bird world

Rating: 2

January 30th 2009

Louise Pedersen tells the tale of the fisher king and where he can be seen in Staffordshire

Do the wild flower walk

Rating: 3

January 30th 2009

This spring, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust will unveil a 15-mile walking route meandering through the picturesque hills and valleys of North East Staffordshire. Trust support services manager Martin Adams is inviting readers to put on their walking...

Brave new world

Rating: 2

January 30th 2009

The garden in February is filled with interest and perfume so take some of the outside inside

Outdoor exhibition

Rating: 3

January 29th 2009

Mike Reeves's garden is a living showcase for his artistic and horticultural talents Words and pictures by Keith Plant

The garden invincibles

Rating: 3

January 29th 2009

Roddy Llewellyn's got the answer to every gardener's prayer - the species of plant that are impossible to kill!

Earthly Matters..

Rating: 2

December 4th 2008

Joe Hawkins. Head Gardener at the Shugborough Estate, explains how the soil in your garden - and the way you treat it - influences the success of your plants

Anita Wright's November Garden

Rating: 2

December 4th 2008

Award-winning Staffordshire gardener and floral artist Anita Wright sees signs of spring, summer, autumn and winter in her November garden

Staffordshire Wildlife Trust; Fields of Gold

Rating: 3

December 4th 2008

For the next three years, Staffordshire Wildlife Trust survey officers Jez Squire and Ann Cantrell will be working on a project to protect, restore and create wildflower meadows in the Staffordshire Moorlands. Here, the officers talk about their p...

The Saviour Of Stanhopeas

Rating: 2

October 30th 2008

The North Staffordshire village of Wetley Rocks is home to one of the world's greatest collections of an orchid whose natural habitat is the rainforests of Central and South America

Back to the Fuchsia

Rating: 2

October 30th 2008

In his first column for Staffordshire County Roddy Llewellyn nurtures a hybrid of gardening advice and anecdotes

The Gardening Gospel & Gossip According To Roddy..

Rating: 3

October 30th 2008

This month, gardening expert Roddy Llewellyn joins Staffordshire County magazine as a regular columnist. He promises delicious anecdotes and tantalising namedropping - as one might expect from a man who has moved in the best of circl...

Sleeping Beauties

Rating: 2

July 31st 2008

The cold weather of winter poses a major problem to many creatures and butterflies are no exception. Depending on the species, they hibernate, migrate or die. Martin Adams looks at the peacock, small tortoiseshell and brimstone butterflies, three ...