Friends of the Quantocks’ Committee Member, Paul Rutter, will be delivering a talk on enhancing landscape connectivity for biodiversity as part of Spaxton’s Act to Adapt scheme in November.
Paul has over 50 years of experience working in countryside management and is passionate about the state of the countryside…in particular the land in and around the Quantocks and West Somerset.
In 2025 Paul produced a Green Blueprint plan to regenerate and re-connect what has become a fragmented landscape across West Somerset. The project’s aim is to seek ways the landscape between Exmoor and the Quantocks can be reconnected ecologically by nature rich corridors. By mapping the area through natures eyes it has shown how and where regeneration for nature could be achieved by working together…and it’s this that Paul will cover in his talk.
Act to Adapt is a Wildlife Trust approach for helping communities understand their local climate risks, develop their own adaptation plan, and then turn that plan into practical, community-led action that benefits both people and wildlife.
By creating and implementing a Community Climate Adaptation Plan, Spaxton can proactively respond to climate threats in their local area whilst simultaneously building community, supporting local wildlife, and increasing wellbeing.
The talk takes place in Spaxton Village Pavilion Room (TA5 1BS) on Thursday, 19th November and starts at 19.30. Everyone is welcome and it’s free to attend.