Nature

Indie readers responded to our call for photographs capturing the start of 2022 in the great outdoors.

Milly Manson issued desperate Facebook plea for help after Apple the pineapple conure flew off from her owner in garden of family's Havers home.

Heartbroken Milly Manson, who lives on the Havers estate, says Apple, a pineapple conure aged about nine months, flew off about 1pm on Monday (Jan 3).

Arable land, pasture, woodland and lake at Redricks Farm available as a whole or in five lots with Sworders office at Hadham Hall.

The birds were all ex-layers rehomed by the British Hen Welfare Trust at adoption days held during the year.

The solar farm covers 286 acres – about the size of 200 football pitches – and is capable of producing enough energy to power 15,000 homes.

The five rowan, five hazel and five crab apples will form part of the Queen’s Green Canopy and were donated by the Woodland Trust.

Talk by Mark Gorman to Sawbridgeworth Local History Society on Thursday evening (Nov 25) focuses on Epping Forest.

It's a busy week in the stargazing calendar with two big events happening in the skies above the UK.

Hertfordshire County Council said if the November 2 deadline to reinstate Footpaths 1 and 3 was not met, Countryside could have faced prosecution.

There was panic and amusement when the pheasant ran riot, but bird expert Dudley Simpson was on hand to come to the rescue.

Friends of Pishiobury Park chairman Bob Reed's thought-provoking webinar launched town's Citizen Science project.

The Rivers Heritage Site and Orchard's annual event was postponed last year due to the pandemic but returned with a bang.

The most common time for males to roam is at dawn and dusk, which in October coincides with morning and evening rush hours.

Owner says she is likely to be within half a mile of Esso garage at Start Hill and signs of her presence will be the reaction of other birds.

Stort Valley RSPB group to resume programme of weekend and midweek walks and indoor meetings in Bishop's Stortford.

Crews from Bishop's Stortford were called to Furneux Pelham on sunny Sunday evening to free a motorist from his car.

Friends of the park in Sawbridgeworth are now planning a range of events and visits to raise its profile.

2021 competition attracted record entries as villagers used the extra time at home to get their gardens and outdoor spaces looking good.

Resident Bill Hardy accused Bishop's Stortford South developer Countryside of chopping down two mature oaks and two ashes.