Category: general

Volunteers from the Kentish Stour Countryside Partnership were back this month, carrying out two useful tasks. One was to cut scrub on the embankment – no mean feat on…

(Rescheduled due to Storm Eunice) – We’ll be cutting willow on 5th and 6th March and would love some help. The main task will be clearing away coppice material that has…

After a five-month residency on the embankment, “our” parakeet is spreading its wings a little, and is now more likely to be heard on the far side of…

The willow maze has become increasingly difficult to maintain, and in places the “walls“ are now quite gappy.  We are therefore proposing to cut the willows down to…

We will be cutting willow on 19th and 20th February, and would love some help. The main task will be clearing away coppice material that has already been felled…

The willow weavers returned for their annual harvest of osier wands that they use in their basketry work. We are pleased to support this traditional cottage industry. As usual,…

With shallow flooding at times during December, the marshes started attracting in some birds, with peak counts of 53 black-headed gulls, 37 mallard and three herring gulls. After more…

The weather turned much more wintry towards the end of the month, and a hard frost on November 29th may have been responsible for the snipe flock declining…

We are very grateful to our local KCC councillor, Mike Sole (pictured), for providing us with £400 from his KCC Member’s grant. We’ve used it to add five…

There were autumnal signs aplenty in October. A little grebe on the river on October 3rd, occasional meadow pipits and skylarks flying over (left), eight tufted duck and…