Make woodlands and wetlands count — our future literally depends on them

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Greater Spotted Woodpecker: When these birds lost their hold in Ireland, during the 17th and 18th centuries, it was likely due to the widespread loss of woodland here. Now they have come back and are spreading westward year by year

One of the most wonderful places to be at this time of year is being enveloped in layers of a deciduous woodland. 

As April rolls in, camouflaged woodcock are courting — males dancing to impress while females find a place among the soft wet mud of a woodland floor to nest.