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This page is a local page created for Mini Malvernians (and their parents) during this pandemic to explore and discover all of the amazing wildlife out there on our hills.

31/05/2022

Water colour wax cap by Isabelle 🍄

20/12/2021

Hanna the Hazel Dormouse by Penny ❤️

The most scarce and vulnerable rodent on the Malverns. Hibernate for half the year so unlikely to find over the Winter Solstice, but still adorable 🥰 creatures. The Hazel Dormouse has declined nationally since the mid 20th century 🙁More likely to be found on the lower slopes of the hills. You may have seen the wooden boxes on trees set up by volunteers to monitor populations

(Source ‘The Nature of the Malverns’ . We have learnt SO much from this book if looking for a good Christmas present 🎁 for someone in Malvern)

09/11/2021

A shaggy inkcap to start the day! Drawn and painted by Izzy

13/04/2021

Meet Moshee the Mosster!

We used hessian to create a mossy effect!

Did you know there are over 186 mosses recorded on the Malverns. Which ones can you find?

We use the SEEK app to help us identify the different types. Not sure which type Moshee is🧐 maybe a True Moss?, Fairy Beads?, or if we got our glow in the dark paint out, she could be the sparkly 🤩, luminous ‘Goblin Gold’ only to be found in a few locations on the hills

28/03/2021

Meet ‘Cecilly the Celandine Fairy’ 😝

One of the earliest Spring flowers, Lesser Celandine is also known in Gloucestershire as “crazy” due to its poisonous sap which can affect the behaviour of livestock. Some parts can be eaten, but it’s complicated 😝 so we just enjoy looking at the little ‘sunshines’ emerging from the shady hedgebanks and woodlands.

27/03/2021

Back out ‘on the hunt’ for some Spring inspiration and den building

24/03/2021

SAFETY: ALL PARTS OF THE YEW ARE POISONOUS ☠️ IF EATEN.

We love looking for beautiful Yews on the hills. This is ‘Euan the Yew’ !!

Often seen as a symbol of ‘death’, found in graveyards, but it’s actually one of the longest lived, native trees to the UK. They provide shelter and food for birds, insects and woodland animals so in nature, the opposite is true. They offer protection and teem with life! (We can vouch for this, as we have a small yew in our garden and in the summer find all sorts of mini beasts in it)

They have a very distinctive red coloured bark and green pine needles. Some produce vibrant red berries.

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE: The yews growing along the lower western slopes of British Camp vary in age, but it’s likely that 1 or 2 of the yews are close to a THOUSAND years old!!! The old yews produce shoots that grow directly upwards from the branches. (Source: The Nature of the Malverns). We will follow up with some photos in our next post

Happeeee yew hunting!!!

15/01/2021

‘Moel Adverntures’ is back for another lockdown 😊

This is Shelly. She’s a ‘Brown Lipped Banded Snail’. Have you seen her? Probably not recently, as over winter snails 🐌 find small nooks and crannies to hide in, where they can shelter. They then make a dried lid of slime over the shell mouth, which protects the snail from the cold for several months. The often hibernate together, only emerging on very mild days.

In Malvern, the banded snail shells, like Shelly, are often thinner and more flexible due to the lack of calcium in our soil.

We also have a rare type of snail in Malvern known as the Hygromia Limbata variety, which are native to SW Europe. They have been sighted around the Little Malvern and Malvern Wells area. They apparently like to live under and amongst the ivy.

We would love to see any of your snail finds or pictures! (Remember they are sleeping at the moment to protect them from the winter so try not to poke or prod them)

(References: BBC website and ‘The Nature of the Malverns’ publication. The latter we HIGHLY RECOMMEND 😍 for local nature knowledge)

27/09/2020

Devasting news about the Hunnigham Oak tree, destroyed to make way for HS2. Turn a negative into a positive, plant an acorn into an oak sapling..If it sinks in water, the acorn is viable and can be planted.

14/06/2020

Elderflower is out! Best foraged for on a sunny day to make elderflower fritters, cordial or gin/vodka. The elderflower cordial can also be used to make cakes. Belvoir and Bbc Goodfood have some good recipes

Lots of stories to tell about Elder .. is she a witch? Does she have magical powers? The flowers smell amazing and the berries that follow have powerful antiviral properties (both flowers and berries must be cooked through). We’ve named our elder “Elestria” and look forward to sharing our story about her next week...

28/05/2020

We were very excited to find this little bird at the quieter side of British Camp. They can also be spotted on Castlemorton Common

We’ve named him Leo the ‘Linnet Bird’ .
Nationally this bird is in decline (57% between 1970 and 2014 according to the RSPB website) 😔, but here in Malvern it’s doing well, and is on the increase 👍😊.

They used to be kept as cage birds 😥 because of their beautiful song. The one we spotted had an amazing twittery/fluttery way of flying

23/05/2020

Meet ‘Demon’ the devil’s coach horse beetle ...one to observe, but not to handle, as he can bite and also let out a pongy smell!
They can grow up to 28mm long and make a scorpion posture with their body. Find them in woodland logs or under stones...drawing by Isabelle, hat added by Rosie 🙈

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