Port and Stilton pate
This simple quick to make starter is a real festive treat. Created by Robin, this was one of the most popular starters on the menu in the Royal Oak of Luxborough back when Robin (our chairperson) and Helen Stamp owned …
Quantocks News
Bicknoller Celebration with Friends of the Quantocks and Dryad Gin
SATURDAY 23rd NOVEMBER, 7pm at the Village Hall Friends of the Quantocks has taken ownership of Bicknoller Quarry, adding this to our current 400 acres of landholdings (including Halsway Hill and Dead Woman’s Ditch). To celebrate this as part of …
Friends of the Quantocks buy Bicknoller Quarry
This week, Friends of the Quantocks has taken on the custodianship of Bicknoller Quarry, a small but significant piece of land at the northern edge of the Quantock Hills National Landscape, adding this to our current 400 acres of landholdings …
Elms and Butterflies – get involved in our new project!
Friends of the Quantocks are launching an ambitious new project and we want you to be involved. We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to undertake surveys and help us protect and create new habitat for White Letter Hairstreak (WLH) and Brown …
Wilmot’s Pool car park renovations
Have you noticed that Wilmot’s Pool car park has recently undergone renovation work? The works were undertaken by the Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme, with some match-funding from Friends of the Quantocks. Our investment of £40,000 forms part of a £2.6m …
Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme
– Sally Pheasant, Farming Engagement Support Officer QHNL The Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme is a grant funded programme via Defra and is available to all farmers and landowners in the Quantocks. Our research shows that most farmers have heard …
Tick Surveying on the Quantocks
– Andy Stevenson, Quantock Hills National Landscape Since 2014 the rangers from the Quantock Hills National Landscape Team have taken part in a national survey carried out across 32 National Parks and National Landscapes (formerly AONBs) in England and Wales …
The Cothelstone Community Dig
– Dan Broadbent, Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme This year’s QLPS community archaeology excavation revealed a multi-period site, including a prehistoric enclosure and an Early Medieval cemetery in the heart of the Quantocks. Previous QLPS excavations have identified a late Bronze …
Observing the Land
– Pete Gotto We have a small team of ‘Observers’ who regularly walk parts of the land which Friends of the Quantocks acquired a decade ago. Each member of the team covers a specific area and reports back to me, …
Chairman’s letter
– Robin Stamp Whilst many of you will have read various articles by me over the years with my treasurer or my wildlife enthusiast hat on, today I write to you as the new chairman of the charity. It has …