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NATUREWATCH
eaves have started to change too, mainly because of the easy
Lfrom many shades of green to pickings in an urban environment.
the wonderful colours of Autumn, The local streets are littered with
there’s a chill in the air as the days chicken bones, our waste but a
grow gradually shorter and wildlife tasty meal for some creatures.
is busy fattening up or storing food
for the leaner times to come. We have so many lovely green
There are still plenty of food spaces in Tower Hamlets, full of
By Fran Jefcoate sources for our furry and many natural wonders and our
gardens no matter how small
Editorial board member feathered neighbours at the
moment, we are so lucky to have provide food and shelter for all
such a variety and wealth of plant manner of insects, birds or mice to
life in our gardens, parks and other pass through. Ponds, canals and
green spaces; trees bearing fruit two rivers bring an even greater
and nuts, bushes laden with bright wealth of wildlife to our doorstep.
berries, grasses and many other As these green jewels in our
plants providing seeds. community become surrounded
by the high rise development, they
All this food means we have plenty become ever more precious not
of birds and small mammals living only as places for nature but for
among our estates and streets, not each and every one of us to enjoy.
all of them so welcome. There are
a lot of people that don’t dispose Show that you value green spaces
of food waste responsibly, be it by helping to keep them clean and
discarded half eaten takeaways or tidy. If you are going for a bike
rubbish bags beside bins instead ride, a game of football, a stroll
of in them. Our carelessness not with your dog, stop for a moment
only makes our estates and streets or two, take a breath and take in
untidy but it attracts the less your surroundings but most
desirable wildlife such as rats, gulls importantly please put your
and pigeons. We have many foxes rubbish and leftover food in a bin.
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