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  Posted on 27th January 2012

  Win an osprey cruise or £50 M&S voucher

  We would like to ask you, as members of the Trust, for a few minutes of your time to complete a short questionnaire and tell ...
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  Posted on 23rd January 2012

  IdeasTap funding to enhance freshwaters at Rutland Water

  The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust is delighted to have been awarded at grant from IdeasTap for a project that will improve and enhance the ...
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  Posted on 19th January 2012

  Enter the BIG Wildlife Garden Competition

  January is a great time to plan how to make your garden more wildlife-friendly and joining the Big Wildlife Garden Competition is an excellent way ...
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  Posted on 12th January 2012

  The Flora of Leicestershire and Rutland: Checklist and Rare Plant Register

   This new work – by the Trust’s Head of Conservation Michael Jeeves - is the first complete published listing of those flowering plants, ferns, clubmosses ...
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  Posted on 4th January 2012

  Get involved with wildlife in 2012

  It is the traditional time of year for making resolutions so may we make a few suggestions? Resolve to visit our nature reserves. It is ...
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  Posted on 28th December 2011

  Tell us what you think!

  The Leicestershire and Rutland Wildife Trust is delighted that so many members have joined in recent years and that long-serving members continue to give such ...
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  Posted on 22nd December 2011

  An owl in winter

  Over the past few weeks up to five short eared owls have been exciting visitors and birdwatchers to the Trust’s wetland nature reserve at Cossington ...
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  Posted on 15th December 2011

  Grow Wild team complete their first wildlife garden

  The Grow Wild team has completed its inaugural project - helping to improve the habitat study area at Fairfield Preparatory School in Loughborough. The area already ...
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  Posted on 8th December 2011

  State investment in forests vital for well being

  Panel must ‘bust myth’ and shout about nature’s value The Independent Forestry Panel must bust the Treasury myth about the Public Forest Estate (PFE) and ...
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  Posted on 29th November 2011

  Looking for a Christmas present with a difference?

  Why not avoid the hustle and bustle of the shopping centres and combine a Christmas shopping trip with a nice, relaxing visit to Rutland Water ...
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  Posted on 23rd November 2011

  Sponsor a cow this Christmas

  Looking for an unusual gift this Christmas – then why not sponsor a cow for those family and friends who seem to have everything?  The ...
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  Posted on 18th November 2011

  View the Trust on You Tube

  The Trust has recently invested in high tech remote cameras to help monitor wildlife on its reserves. The cameras can take pictures, or videos, both ...
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  Posted on 11th November 2011

  Rare Flora and Fauna Discoveries at Aylestone Meadows

  Following the welcome decision earlier this year by Leicester City Councillors to reject plans to put football pitches on part of the Aylestone Meadows Local ...

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