Quantock January & February Events
There is a good variety of events taking place over the next couple of months, we hope you find something you can enjoy. Whilst we do our best to keep our information up to date, if you are aware of …
Quantocks News
Get Involved
There are lots of projects and opportunities to get involved, take a look and we hope you find something for you. Butterfly Surveys These images (green hairstreak and speckled wood butterflies) were taken last summer on Over Stowey Customs Common, …
How do our MPs view the future of the Quantocks?
From John Andrews, Chairman Friends of the Quantocks On 5th December, I wrote on our behalf to Ian Liddell-Grainger and Rebecca Pow, the two MPs whose constituencies cover the AONB, to ask what their positions are on two matters that will …
The ‘Wannabe’ Naturalist
Having always been an ‘outdoor’ person, I liked nature, being surrounded by it and noticing and observing it. Sometimes I might have felt compelled to try and work out what something was, but Googling things like ‘small pink wildflower’, or ‘beetle …
Winter Birdlife on Our Heathland
The deep winter months might be the time of year when we humans veer away from the idea of visiting the open heathland on top of Quantock on a cold foggy day. But for a lot of wildlife it has …
New Name and New Look
Established in 1949, Friends of Quantock was originally set up to campaign against the felling of ancient woodland in Hodders Combe and the turning over of a large area of heathland to commercial connifer plantation. Whether the name was based on …
Why is the Crowcombe – Stowey Road in Such a State?
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 …
“The Bambi Complex”
That’s the title of an article in The Telegraph Magazine last weekend that begins “Wild deer grazing at dusk may be a picturesque sight worthy of Disney, but a recent population explosion has resulted in around two million animals roaming …
Quantock Hills AONB Service Update
January Update from Iain Porter, Quantock Hills AONB Service Manager It has been a busy first 9 months since taking on the AONB Manager’s role. There have been significant developments nationally with proposals to change the duty and purposes of AONBs, …
Car Park Plans in Jeopardy
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 …