AONB Update Summer 2023
It is hard to believe that we are already starting to see the days shorten after this year’s fabulous Midsummers Day. Over the past four months we have had a new AONB Partnership, a result of the formation of a …
Quantocks News
What next for the Quantock mires?
We have just commissioned and received a survey of all 29 Quantock mires, carried out for us by a professional botanist Dr James McGill. The aim of the survey was to find out what uncommon plants are present (or not) in …
Orchids of the Quantocks
Across the UK, it’s the landscapes with calcareous, chalky soils that have the reputation for supporting the greatest diversity of orchids, but our sandy, slightly acidic soils are just right for several type of orchid. Despite so many very dry …
Butterfly Surveys on Over Stowey Customs Common
Following the publicity drive last year we rapidly assembled a large group of volunteer butterfly surveyors: we even had to turn one or two away as we had such good numbers; apologies again to anyone who was disappointed. We are …
Memories in my 100th Year
Beatrix F. Cresswell’s 1909 guidebook ‘The Quantock Hills, their Combes & Villages’ says On the way to Over Stowey, a mile from Nether Stowey, we pass Marsh Mills, a house standing at the junction of four cross roads. It is …
More or Less Wooded Hilltops
‘Rewilding’ being a current buzzword people sometimes ask if it might be better to stop burning gorse on the hills and allow the tree cover to increase but while the argument might apply to other parts of Britain it doesn’t …
Quantock July 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 …
The Infamous Walford Murder
UPDATE: 4th July event postponed to Thursday 20th July due to weather Join Dan Broadbent, Historic Heritage Officer from the Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme for a guided walk reviewing the relevant sites and information relating to the infamous 1789 murder …
Admire the Mire: The Plants of Ramscombe Mire
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 …
Quantock June 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 …