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Following the success of August’s session, Nicola Jane Claxton put on another workshop for Hambrook volunteers on September 9th, and the photo shows proud participants with the results…

We’re told that grass is extremely resilient, and that the apparently dead mats of crisp straw that have appeared around the country during the drought will spring back…

As a thank you to our volunteers for their hard work in helping us to look after the marshes, we held the first of two willow-weaving workshops on…

River and sea pollution by untreated sewage has been in the news a lot lately. The Stour isn’t registered as a recognised bathing area, so the Environment Agency isn’t…

An unusual sighting was of a little egret on July 6th. Over the past ten years the birds have occurred mainly from November to March, with very few between…

Once again, Hambrook Marshes has gained a coveted Green Flag Award, the international quality mark for parks and green spaces.  Jon Winder, chair of LHM, commented: “We are so…

After the highest ever temperature recorded in the UK in July, and below average rainfall locally, Hambrook Marshes is now a misnomer – the ponds and most of…

Last year we were delighted to note the reappearance of five marsh orchids and a single pyramidal orchid in the Whitehall Field. This year the number of marsh orchids…

The cattle have now made a belated return to the Marshes. Most are currently in Tonford field, but some younger animals are in the boardwalk field. For the…

The last of the migrating birds are now in: a reed warbler was present on May 9th, and the same day a garden warbler (pictured) appeared on the embankment,…