For wildlife habitats, as migration corridors, for biodiversity, preventing soil erosion, providing carbon sinks, and as part of the heritage of our landscape it seems everybody loves a good hedge. Local MP and Environment Minister Rebecca Pow recently said: “Hedgerows …
We have completed our first year of the butterfly transect walks on the Common and have submitted a complete season of data to the National Butterfly Monitoring Scheme. We walk a standard route and repeat every week in the middle …
Hedges for animal habitats, hedges as history, hedges for soil erosion, hedges for biodiversity, hedges as carbon sinks, hedges as flood defences, hedges for winter food, hedges for rare plants, hedges as regional features, it seems everybody loves English hedgerows …
This month sees us one year in to our ambitious Quantock Wildlife Watch citizen science project. To date we have 446 people who have recorded >1,800 species through a total of c7,500 observations and the numbers are growing all the time. …
Having lobbied Somerset Highways for some improvement of the road condition between Crowcombe and Nether / Over Stowey, we conducted a poll with our social media followers to get their views on designated passing places. We asked: “Many of you will …
Set up in 2020, the mire at Ramscombe is one of Friends of the Quantocks’ conservation projects to protect the rare plants found in this habitat. Join John Andrews, Friends of the Quantocks Chairman, looking at the plants of our …
The 33rd annual end of winter deer count took place on Sunday 05th March 2023 organised by the Quantock Deer Management & Conservation Group (QDM & CG). The total number of Red Deer counted fell slightly this year to 643 …
Over a month ago we wrote to County Highways about the deteriorating condition of the road across the Quantocks between Nether Stowey and Crowcombe. We still await a reply. As we all know, the metalled surfaces are broken down at …
Following a number of years of planning and consent work undertaken to replace the existing ‘unofficial’ Crowcombe Park Gate car park with a purpose-built replacement, all plans have had to be placed on hold following the tragic death of the …
In July we were contacted by somebody who had noticed the removal of a hedge from a farm in the AONB near Spaxton. Since 1997 it has been illegal under the Hedgerow Regulations to remove a farm hedge without the …