{"id":328006,"date":"2025-12-21T10:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T10:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/328006\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T10:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T10:54:08","slug":"university-students-paint-wildlife-mural-at-turbary-common","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/328006\/","title":{"rendered":"University students paint wildlife mural at Turbary Common"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  Ayesha Ballen and Leigh Clark, two students from Arts University Bournemouth recently created a new mural situated in the Turbary Common nature reserve.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Their artwork is said to capture and bring to life some of the heath&#8217;s &#8216;most iconic&#8217; species, including basking sand lizards and silver-studded blues.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The students volunteered their time to design and paint the mural, drawing inspiration from visits to heathlands and conversations in the area with heathland ranger Matt Langsford.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Their goal was to capture the &#8216;beauty and diversity&#8217; of this rare habitat while raising awareness of the importance of protecting it.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Visitors are encouraged to stop by, take a closer look, and learn more about the rare species that call the heath home.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  They said that this collaborative project not only showcases the beauty and diversity of heathland habitats, it\u2019s also a wonderful example of how art can help connect people with nature, and how volunteering can bring fresh energy and ideas to conservation work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ayesha Ballen and Leigh Clark, two students from Arts University Bournemouth recently created a new mural situated in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":328007,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-328006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/328007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}