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PARK AND RIDE PLANNING APPLICATION REVOKED
As we reported on October 10th, Canterbury City Council has been forced to withdraw its own planning permission for a £3.6 million expansion of the Wincheap park and…
FALLEN TREE BECOMES NEW BUG HOTELS
Perhaps the most significant event of the month was the arrival of tree surgeons on October 21st to clear away the windblown poplar on the old railway embankment, and…
GUIDED WALK FOR EXTINCTION REBELLION
On 17th October three Love Hambrook Marshes trustees gave about 15 members of Extinction Rebellion a tour of Hambrook Marshes. As you can see from the photo, this was…
KENT’S PLAN BEE
Kent County Council will be launching its action plan for pollinators online from 10.30 to 12.30 on Monday 16th November. The event is free, and all are invited to attend. To…
OCTOBER WILDLIFE NOTES
After the summer drought, weather of a different sort has been very much to the fore, with 173mm of rain. One inevitable result is that the fields are getting…
NEW PHOTO COMPETITION – AUTUMN ON HAMBROOK MARSHES
Love Hambrook Marshes has started a new photo competition. Each quarter, we’ll be looking for the best seasonal photo of Hambrook Marshes. The first competition is open now,…
BREAKING NEWS: COUNCIL WITHDRAWS WINCHEAP PARK AND RIDE PLANS
Canterbury City Coucil issued a statement on 9th October, announcing the withdrawal of their current plan for the extension of the Wincheap Park and Ride. “We have been…
SEPTEMBER WILDLIFE NOTES
Recording mammals can be quite hard work; we have a very impoverished mammalian fauna in the UK, and the majority of them are small, dull brown and nocturnal.…
PICNIC TABLE RESTORED
It was a bit of a struggle, but at last the picnic table has been restored to its former glory by artist/sculptor Steven Portchmouth who originally built this…
TREE WATERING
I thought that by now we would no longer need to be tending the large trees we planted in late winter near the A2 bridge, once the drought…
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