Pitchford TreeHouse

  Pitchford TreeHouse is the Oldest in the World! It was built in 1473 by Shrewsbury wool merchants, the Ottley family who bought Pitchford Hall. The Lime Tree it’s built in is estimated to be 800-900 years old. It has been visited by Queen Victoria and by three British Prime Ministers.

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Osprey

  Eagles and ospreys frequent similar habitats and sometimes battle for food. Eagles often force osprey to drop fish that they have caught and steal them in midair.  Ospreys are superb fishers and indeed eat little else. Fish make up some 99 percent of their diet. Osprey eggs don’t hatch all at once, but are […]

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Mouse Lemurs

  Mouse Lemurs are nocturnal tree dwellers! Native to Madagascar, it has the smallest known brain of any primate at just 2 grams or 0.004 pounds. #Madagascar is home to lemurs and trees that cannot be found in any other place in the world. It spends most of its time in trees and can move […]

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Methuselah

  Methuselah is the world’s oldest individual tree that lives 10,000 feet above sea level in the Inyo National Forest in California, USA. A staggering 4,765 years old, this primeval tree was already a century old when the first pyramid was built in Egypt. The tree is hidden among other millennia-old Great Basin bristlecone pines […]

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Mangrove Pitta

  Mangrove Pitta is a star attraction for birdwatchers! It is difficult to spot through the dense mangrove forest at #Sundarbans, a Grow-Trees.com project site. It is found in coastal mangroves, along tidal rivers and freshwater swamp forest. It feeds on creatures found in the drier mud at the bases of mangroves. It is classified […]

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Littleleaf Linden

  Littleleaf Linden is also known as the Tree of Love! It was said to be special to Freya (the Germanic and Norse goddess of love and fertility) and Frigga (the goddess of love and marriage). Women wishing to become pregnant would hug this tree. Native to Europe, it can grow to up to 40 […]

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Laburnum Arch

  Fran Llewellyn, a gardener at Bodnant Garden says, “The Laburnum Arch is probably one of our most famous features – the most photographed, talked about and anticipated.” This 55-metre walk was devised by Henry Davis Pochin, the successful Victorian entrepreneur who created the gardens in 1875, and remained devoted to them for the next […]

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Indian Giant Flying Squirrels

  Indian Giant Flying Squirrels Spotted around areas near Sitamata Wildlife Sanctuary – DNA! It is the first instance that three flying squirrels were seen in Dhariavad and Pratpagarh districts. This species has appeared from Sitamata Sanctuary of Chittorgarh, a known natural habitat of the rare species. This endangered species was spotted during a photo […]

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