8 December 2020
BY:
Claire Hector
Thanks to Bournemouth University and our colleagues Jess Bone and Dr Roger Herbert for this short film showing the Artecology R&D artificial rockpools (or as we call them, Vertipools) at work in Poole Harbour. Artecology‘s rockpools were commissioned as part of the cross-Channel, EU-funded Marineff research project and here you can see Bournemouth Uni’s team
21 March 2020
BY:
Claire Hector
As the cracks appear in the business as usual approach, maybe it’s a chance to revisit the norms.
28 June 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
Watching the wildlife making the most of an Arc-shaped development this spring!
27 June 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
The Lost Duver project’s really coming alive now with colour and buzz along Culver Parade, in Sandown Bay and we’ve been snapping pictures recently of this coastal flora restoration. Our not-for-profit co-organisation The Common Space curates this experimental combination of planting coastal wildflowers, tiny bit of guerilla gardening with simple cornfield annuals mix, and very
21 February 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
The swift, bird and summer icon, is flying the flag for urban wildlife and helping to push the agenda on nature-friendly development.
18 January 2019
BY:
Claire Hector
‘Life is everywhere and you have a relationship with this living world, even in the most developed space.’ Listen in to find out more – Podcast interview with Ian Boyd by Joe Redston
19 November 2018
BY:
Claire Hector
A quick thank you and an update on how this rare and exceptional transition mire on the Isle of Wight is coming back to life now and for the future, thanks to a combined local effort.
18 October 2018
BY:
Claire Hector
Island wildlife from past to present, from fossils to live moths and the most microscopic, was supersized into brilliant focus by the Discovery Bay team for National Biology Week… here’s an update on the latest of our science & nature calendar events for 2018.
25 June 2018
BY:
Claire Hector
In celebration of National Insect Week 2018 and to show just how precision-tuned insects are, here’s a film we made earlier… The team here, Arc and Artecology and The Common Space too, work to ensure that built infrastructure and the space in and around it can and does support wildlife/biodiversity. Even the smallest of spaces
24 May 2018
BY:
Claire Hector
A spot of punctuated intervention in the public realm and the wildlife’s flying in! Spring update on the Lost Duver meadows.
10 May 2018
BY:
Claire Hector
You couldn’t see a hand in front of your face and as you can see, we started off a bit bleary, but the magic was definitely there for our Dawn Chorus Magic walk last week! One by one, as if answering to a roll-call (okay, the nightingales were a no-show), each bird species piped up,
12 April 2018
BY:
Claire Hector
Discover why birds sing before sunrise, what challenges they face, and join us as the world wakes up for our unmissable Dawn Chorus Magic walk… Sunday April 29th.
25 April 2017
BY:
Sam Buck
A queen bumble bee makes use of an old mouse nest to protect her own brood; these wax cells will hatch her first workforce. Discovered by a landscape gardener while weeding, the nest was returned to a safe place.