Hay Meadow Walk – Fully Booked!

Hay Meadow Walk – Fully Booked!

Hay Meadow Walk at Durborough Farm, AisholtSaturday 11 June, 3 to 5 p.m. to include tea & cake. This free FoQ event is already fully booked. If you want advance notice of Friends of Quantock Events they are first announced …

Read more

Visit to Cothelstone Manor – Fully Booked!

Visit to Cothelstone Manor – Fully Booked!

Special tour for FoQ members of this historic listed manor house followed by a homemade tea. This event is now fully booked.  Apologies to those people who responded to the advertisement in Your Somerset which didn’t make it clear that it is …

Read more

Article for Parish Magazines 03/16

Article for Parish Magazines 03/16

The variety of the Quantocks never fails to surprise. A recent survey of fungi on the hills discovered 142 different species with a number of rare or interesting ones. Perhaps not many of us are that interested in fungi but …

Read more

Renovation of a Quantock Pond

Renovation of a Quantock Pond

By Keith Edwards The pond on Woodlands Hill, in the parish of Holford and owned by the National Trust, is believed to be a mediaeval stock pond. In the last 30 years it has become increasingly dry in the summer …

Read more

The FoQ Spring Newsletter

The FoQ Spring Newsletter

Members should have received their Spring Newsletter in the post, together with the updated FoQ Directory of Business Members. People say it’s worth joining the Friends for the Newsletter alone. It’s full of articles of Quantockian interest – wildlife, conservation …

Read more

The Elm Project

The Elm Project

Several years ago we started an interesting project to plant young elm trees grown from disease resistant stock. Twelve saplings have been planted in different locations round the hills and these are being carefully tended and monitored but it will …

Read more

Woodlands Pool

Woodlands Pool

A group of enthusiasts aided by the National Trust are undertaking a scheme to renovate an old pond on Woodlands hill. This includes the creation of a hibernaculum for use by amphibians to over-winter. We have made a contribution, and …

Read more

The FoQ AGM

Wednesday 23 March ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, Crowcombe Village Hall, Crowcombe.

The 2016 FoQ Events Calendar

There are some exciting events planned for 2016. Some fun, some interesting, some both. Members will get the FoQ Events newsletter in the post in February and details will be posted here after our members have had the chance to …

Read more

Quantock Birds of Prey

Quantock Birds of Prey

Chris Sperring brought this beautiful barn owlet and a tawny owl to our September talk In Nether Stowey. Very informative on the best sort of habitats for these beautiful birds. If you have any spare land, his advice to attract …

Read more