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Our Lovely Essex: the (sometimes) hidden beauty of bluebells

Our Lovely Essex: the (sometimes) hidden beauty of bluebells

Tuesday 12 May 2020

The bluebells in our glorious Essex woodlands are now starting to fade, or ‘go over’, so we’d better move quickly to include this selection of images from John and Helen Bloxsome in Our Lovely Essex. John’s words offers a perfect example of people getting to know their local area a little better during lockdown: ‘‘We […] Read more >

Our Lovely Essex: the wonder of woods

Our Lovely Essex: the wonder of woods

Monday 20 April 2020

Our Lovely Essex has drawn an encouraging response and of course we look forward to further contributions over the forthcoming weeks. Here we feature some images from John and Helen Bloxsome. The first is entitled View from the Woods and pictures a group of fallow deer, while the other two were taken during a woodland […] Read more >

A Tale of Two Woods

A Tale of Two Woods

Friday 17 April 2020

Writer Anne Boileau kindly offered CPRE Essex this delightful story celebrating our glorious woodlands earlier in the year, before any of us had any idea of what was about to befall the country. Now, however, as we long to return to our favourite countryside places, is an ideal time to settle down and enjoy Anne’s […] Read more >

Felling licences are simple and free to obtain, so why are so many trees being axed illegally?

Felling licences are simple and free to obtain, so why are so many trees being axed illegally?

Wednesday 7 August 2019

For this story we are indebted to our friends at the Forestry Commission, who have reported an increase in the number of cases of illegal tree-felling across East Anglia The area of woodland felled without a felling licence increased from 9.48 hectares in 2013-14 to 20.55 hectares in 2017-18. All reports of unlicensed felling are […] Read more >

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