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, …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Established in 1949, Friends of Quantock was originally set up to campaign against the felling of ancient woodland in Hodders Combe and the turning over of a large area of heathland to commercial connifer plantation. Whether the name was based on …
Over a month ago we wrote to County Highways about the deteriorating condition of the road across the Quantocks between Nether Stowey and Crowcombe. We still await a reply. As we all know, the metalled surfaces are broken down at …
That’s the title of an article in The Telegraph Magazine last weekend that begins “Wild deer grazing at dusk may be a picturesque sight worthy of Disney, but a recent population explosion has resulted in around two million animals roaming …
January Update from Iain Porter, Quantock Hills AONB Service Manager It has been a busy first 9 months since taking on the AONB Manager’s role. There have been significant developments nationally with proposals to change the duty and purposes of AONBs, …
Following a number of years of planning and consent work undertaken to replace the existing ‘unofficial’ Crowcombe Park Gate car park with a purpose-built replacement, all plans have had to be placed on hold following the tragic death of the …
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