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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,…

The cattle were expected back in April, but as they have to be tested for TB, the grazier has decided to keep them on his farm until then.…

The 2021-22 Annual Report of Love Hambrook Marshes CIO, the small charity that manages Hambrook Marshes, is now available, with a revew of everything that’s been happning on…

The last two snipe of the winter were recorded on April 7th. Chiffchaffs and blackcaps have now been joined by whitethroats from their African winter quarters, and a willow…

Winter has not yet departed, as the weather straddling March and April demonstrated.  Another jack snipe was flushed on March 11th, and up to 17 common snipe were…

Later in March after the willow coppicing, a group of twenty students from Canterbury College spent the day planting willow cuttings along the dilapidated fence that once marked…

In March, we began Phase 1 of the willow maze regeneration project, which involved cutting the willow walls down to ground level. The willow’s uncontrolled growth had made…

After postponement due to Storm Eunice, the willow at the back of the osier bed was finally coppiced on 5-6th March, helped by about ten volunteers, to whom…