High Batts Nature Reserve
(Originally posted end of 2018). We are delighted to report that our project ‘In at the Start’ has won the national prize for community research projects in the Heidelberg Quarry Life Award 2018 competition. In making the presentation, the chairman
(Originally posted September 2018). The last summer event of our project took place on 1st September, with a guided walk around the new quarrying area, looking at wildlife, hearing how the species monitoring programme is going, and learning about the
(Originally posted summer 2018). The hot summer has obviously been good for insects. The Reserve (and Pennycroft, which we are monitoring for the In at the Start project) has been alive with grasshoppers, butterflies and dragonflies. The pictures above show
Thanks to all volunteers who turned out for the bracken and balsam bashing morning. It was warm work, but that didn’t stop them doing a fantastic job, as you can see from the before and after pictures. It was nice
(Originally posted June 2018). We had 140 visitors to our Open Day on 3rd June 2018. Lots of families came, which was good and meant that the pond dipping, nature quizzes, and bird box making were very popular, as were
A new project has been started, known as In at the Start (IATS). Related to IATS, there has been lots of tree planting on Pennycroft near the Reserve and beyond. The top car park has been fenced and has only
Despite the dismal weather, ten members turned out to do some bracken-bashing, and they seemed to enjoy it. As you can see, there was plenty of bracken to go at.
(Originally posted October 2016). Eighteen members, from the young to the not-so-young, turned out on Saturday 29th October for a morning of coppicing, raking, brash piling and bonfiring. The amount of work which was done was fantastic, and Colin was
(Originally posted 28th May 2016). Sixteen members turned out for a morning of bracken-bashing on Saturday 28th May 2016. Although most were novices at the task, everyone showed a natural aptitude for it, and at the end Colin Slator pronounced
(Originally posted 12th May 2016) The Hotel is now fully operational after its conversion to allow use as a wildlife hide. Our volunteers have done a wonderful job and it is a real asset to the facilities on site. Come