The Ideas Cauldron

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Global Journeys, Local Haven: The Story of Tamar Valley’s Migratory Fish

If you go down to the woods today, You’re in for a big surprise…

The woods, in this case, being found around the old Mill Weir, on the National Trust’s Cotehele Estate on the banks of the River Tamar in Cornwall, (UK!).

Vital work has been undertaken, over the years, by wonderful, dedicated people, to restore the river habitats here – which in turn promotes biodiversity recovery.

This has also helped the migratory fish, for which the River Tamar is a critical link in their life cycle stories.

Those able to visit Cotehele, (to breathe in the fresh air and have that mental and physical recharge), will find a new information board nestled in the calm beauty there. We hope it will provide an interesting insight into the remarkable lives of some of our co-inhabitants of this, our precious Earth, and the importance of the interconnectedness of the planet’s vital water.

For those who are more distant, you can visit https://www.tamarvalley-nl.org.uk and listen to the Nature Connects podcasts, hosted by Ginnette Sutherland. https://www.tamarvalley-nl.org.uk/category/news/projects/nature/nature-connects/podcast

Their World, in our hands. Do no harm.

https://sarahgteemill.com/collection/their-world-in-our-hands

New releases on Sarah G’s Tees – and jigsaws!

A marine themed jigsaw starring a sea turtle with a support cast of a few of the wonderful examples of ocean life.

Those of you on ‘The Buzz’ newsletter list (you can join on the Sarah G teemill shop site; https://sarahgteemill.com/news ), or following on insta or fb, will recognise some of the characters in the Marine Turtle jigsaw; the sublime sea slugs – mostly various nudibranchs, a couple of sea squirts – the delightfully delicate lightbulbs and the tiny flower-like Star ascidian (botryllus schlosseri), the sea scorpion, the blenny and the seahorses.

“We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.” George Bernard Shaw