The charity ‘Caring for God’s Acre’ promote this national annual event for nine days during June to encourage visitors to record what species they encounter in their local churchyard. It is important to know what plants; grasses; birds; bugs or other wildlife we may see as it will help to monitor the rise or decline of species over a period of years. At St Margaret’s we have registered to take part again this year in our drive to become more eco-friendly and to be aware of what we can do for nature in our churchyard. Everyone is welcome to participate in this Nature Survey and you can spend as much time as you would like in these beautiful surroundings of the Esk Valley. Information and survey record sheets will be available in church together with species identification resources. Please leave the completed survey record sheet in the box provided. The data from the completed records will be collated and entered onto the National Biodiversity Network website which is available to all.