A short video while we wait for the next sighting of the barn owls in the park:
Coronavirus
Is it safe to be outside?
The media is full of advice about how to avoid the coronavirus disease COVID-19; there are lists of things to do and even more lists of things not to do. It has been a lot more difficult to find information about the safety (or otherwise) of a walk in the park.
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The barn owls are back!
Message from Julie Newblé yesterday:
Spotted a barn owl at 05:56 this morning. Flew from green area by bridge in Lambrok Close along the stream towards their tree.
Thank you, Julie, for keeping us informed.
Continue readingEvery Breath We Take
by David Feather
Why do we feel so much better after an hour or two in the Country Park?
Continue reading “Every Breath We Take”Double flowers
If you are planting your flower beds and hanging baskets, keep our dwindling population of pollinators in mind and please don’t plant double flowers.
Continue reading “Double flowers”Native daffodils
Battered by the storms and drenched in rain, the one thousand native daffodils we planted around Village Green in 2017 are flying the flag.
Click here for a gallery of pictures
Long tailed tits nest early.
Continue readingA Stroll in the Park
Mail from Ian Bushell:
Continue reading “A Stroll in the Park”10 facts about otters
- We know of 13 different species of otter in the world but only the Eurasian otter (Lutra lutra) is native to Britain.
Trees
The Woodland Trust has given us 420 sapling trees: rowan, dogwood, silver birch, hawthorn, hazel and wild cherry.
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This winter has been the hottest ever recorded in Europe.
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Has anybody seen the owls?
Two years ago, in the first week of March, there was a pair of barn owls in the park. They hunted over Lambrok Meadow and the field between Lambrok Stream and Church Lane where a developer plans to build 45 houses.
Continue readingReturning chiffchaffs
Has anybody heard our chiffchaffs yet? This is the time of year when they come back from the Mediterranean and Africa to nest here and their unmistakeable call is a welcome sign that spring is here. Message or email us if you have heard them .
All these pictures were taken in the park by DKG.
Crocus vernus
Ian Bushell has sent in a picture of Crocus vernus doing its best in heavy rain, with this message:
“. . . this is the small clump of Spring Crocus (Crocus vernus) on the edge of the copse by the pond. Naturalised as a result of escape from cultivation/or possibly introduced to SCP.”
Continue readingGrey squirrel invaders
The park’s grey squirrels are invasive aliens, brought here during the 19th Century, when the possession of rare and exotic species of plants and animals was the height of fashion. Grey squirrels, native to eastern North America, were first released into the wild in Britain, at Henbury Park, in Cheshire, in 1876.
Read on:Objection letter to 20/00379/OUT
Simon Tesler of Southwick Court has written a letter of objection to planning application 20/00379/OUT.
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