Tails are wagging as Search Dogs Buckinghamshire start a new training season for their search and rescue dogs at Panshanger Park.  

We’re now well into February and the year seems to be setting off at a rather a speedy trot! The wildlife at Panshanger Park has certainly taken note of this and is preparing itself for the coming Spring.

We celebrate Valentine’s Day this year by transporting you to a world within a world, a place loved by visitors of all ages who find solace in its sensational sights and striking surroundings.

Christmas now might be starting to feel a distant memory and with January well under way, it may seem like the wintry weather is settled in for a few more months.

t’s the most wonderful time of the year! Twinkly lights, cozy jumpers and that festive feeling- December brings it all. It also brings great opportunities to get stuck into some conservation work to improve habitats, taking advantage of the quieter wildlife months outside the breeding season as the wildlife has either moved to warmer climes or is hunkered down for the winter.

Panshanger Park was at the hub of conservation and political planning when Environment Minister Rebecca Pow visited the park following the launch of the government’s new strategy to protect the nation’s chalk streams at the nearby Tewinbury Nature Reserve.

Panshanger Park, the Tarmac-owned former quarry and now popular country park and nature reserve, boasts more than 800 ‘veteran’ trees that are, in-turn, home to hundreds of species of wildlife ranging from microscopic insects to animals, like bats and birds.

The weather is still fairly mild at the moment and we’ve yet to really see any frosts this season, but at Panshanger Park there are other indications that we are moving towards winter.

Panshanger Park played a major role in a missing person rescue operation which saw the Midshires Search and Rescue services scouring the Hertfordshire beauty spot.

Autumn is well and truly here. Time to embrace the jumpers and scarves and enjoy the wonderful colours that nature treats us to at this time of year.