Quantock streams: More than just water
One morning a month I can be found with my colleague Mike Laver on the banks of one of three streams on the East side of the Quantocks, either standing in the stream wielding an orange net or peering into …
Quantocks News
Working for Action over the Destruction of Hedgerows
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 …
FoQ is Looking for a New Publicity & Events Manager
We are a charity that works to help safeguard the landscape and natural environment of the Quantock Hills and its surroundings, for example by responding to planning applications, carrying-out wildlife and habitat surveys and running events. We own some land …
Quantock September Events
If you would like this information directly to your inbox with early access to Friends of the Quantocks events, a quarterly newsletter and annual publication about all things Quantock, why not become a member? There is also the opportunity to get involved …
Rhododendron: Beautiful but DEADLY
It may be beautiful but it is also DEADLY and we are asking everyone for their help, simply photograph and upload to the iNaturalist app – it only takes seconds. Rhododendron – it is not native and it continues its …
A Year of Quantock Wildlife Watch
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. …
Crowcombe Stowey Road Passing Places?
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 …
The Named Quantock Peaks
Did you know within the Quantocks AONB there are at least 34 named hills/peaks? Have you ‘bagged’ them all? The highest of our peaks is Will’s Neck at 384m above sea level with by far the most dramatic prominence of 260m …
Have a go at archaeology in your back garden!
Have you ever wondered about the history buried beneath your garden? This autumn is your chance to find out. For four days, from 19th – 22nd October, archaeologists from Past Participate, supported by the Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme (QLPS), will be in …
Can you spot this Quantock quartet?
We have set out below details of four species that you may be interested to try and spot in the coming weeks and months, three of which can be quite a challenge to see, can you bag all four? So …