Wildlife Discovery Days

Wildlife Discovery Days

Last year we launched our Quantock Wildlife Project and we are delighted that to date 392 people have contributed with approaching 5,000 observations, helping to record c1,500 different species on the Quantocks. This is a great start; not only are …

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Quantock April Events

Quantock April 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 …

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Discovering the Bronze Age Landscape

Discovering the Bronze Age Landscape

Friends of the Quantocks have been treated to two wonderful walks (which were also blessed with good weather), discovering the incredible ritualistic Bronze Age landscape of the Quantocks.  The walks were very well attended with lots of interest and fantastic questions …

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Quantock March Events

Quantock March 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 …

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Get Involved

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, …

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How do our MPs view the future of the Quantocks?

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 …

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The ‘Wannabe’ Naturalist

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 …

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Winter Birdlife on Our Heathland

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 …

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