{"id":17050,"date":"2015-02-09T17:08:45","date_gmt":"2015-02-09T17:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/?p=17050"},"modified":"2015-02-24T09:27:29","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T09:27:29","slug":"wildlife-adventures-for-cotswolds-retirees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wildlife-adventures-for-cotswolds-retirees\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildlife adventures for Cotswolds retirees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Retirement-cotswolds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-17053\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Retirement-cotswolds.jpg\" alt=\"Retirement-cotswolds\" width=\"700\" height=\"494\" data-id=\"17053\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Retirement-cotswolds.jpg 700w, https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Retirement-cotswolds-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Retirement-cotswolds-600x423.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a>A Cotswolds\u00a0house builder has invited residents to take part in a community project to\u00a0 discover \u2018wildlife treasures\u2019\u00a0on their doorstep<\/h3>\n<p>Cotswold Homes Ltd, whose Wildwood development of detached houses\u00a0in Mangotsfield, South Gloucestershire is nearing completion, is sponsoring a \u00a310,000\u00a0community project; Wildwood \u2013 Natural Neighbours which aims to\u00a0provide opportunities for the community to explore, monitor and document\u00a0its local ecology.<\/p>\n<p>Project coordinator Penney Ellis has unveiled plans for a year-long season of wildlife adventures for explorers of all ages to find out about birds, bugs, bats, trees, hedgerows, grasses and the variety of life surrounding Wildwood.<a href=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/retirement-cotswolds1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-17054\" src=\"http:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/retirement-cotswolds1-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"retirement-cotswolds1\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" data-id=\"17054\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/retirement-cotswolds1-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/retirement-cotswolds1.jpg 398w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>A range of free Cotswolds events includes:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>the creation of nesting boxes to encourage more blue tits and robins to live nearby;<\/li>\n<li>a guided walk to hear the dawn chorus conducted by naturalist Ed\u00a0Drewitt;<\/li>\n<li>a study of wild beetles, bugs and butterflies;<\/li>\n<li>a photographic safari led by wildlife photographer Ian Green.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Later in the year there will be barn owl spotting at twilight and a harvest celebration linked to the produce of allotments close to Wildwood as well as nature\u2019s \u2018wild harvest\u2019 in the hedgerows. The season will end with the screening of a film about the year\u2019s activities.<\/p>\n<p>Says Terri Hayes-Pugh, who heads Cotswold Homes\u2019s sales and marketing team: &#8220;As housebuilders we are more aware than many of the need to protect and conserve wildlife. This is an innovative and exciting project which will add a new dimension to the life of those living in our new homes at Wildwood as well as other members of the local community.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>All but three of the new homes at Wildwood in the Cotswolds have been sold, many of them to local young families as well as couples close to retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Estate agent Andrews is selling the properties which start at \u00a3279,000 for a three\/four-bedroom home. For more information call 07989 581236 or visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.andrewsonline.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">www.andrewsonline.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information on Wildwood &#8211; Natural Neighbours project, contact co-ordinator Penney Ellis through her website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.photo-sensitive.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">www.photo-sensitive.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Cotswolds\u00a0house builder has invited residents to take part in a community project to\u00a0 discover \u2018wildlife treasures\u2019\u00a0on their doorstep Cotswold Homes Ltd, whose Wildwood development of detached houses\u00a0in Mangotsfield, South Gloucestershire is nearing completion, is sponsoring a \u00a310,000\u00a0community project; Wildwood \u2013 Natural Neighbours which aims to\u00a0provide opportunities for the community to explore, monitor and document\u00a0its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":17053,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_analytify_skip_tracking":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_caption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_nocaption":"","_FSMCFIC_featured_image_hide":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[44],"yst_prominent_words":[688,7763,1418,7766,7767,7759,246,89,3648,7761,889,7758,7760,375,2358,1270,7764,7765,7762,7757],"class_list":["post-17050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk","tag-uk-2"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-01 13:37:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17050"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17126,"href":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17050\/revisions\/17126"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17053"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17050"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newclone.retiremove.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=17050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}