Kevin Palmer, Lecturer in Conservation Biology at University of Chester, announces his plan to bring research investigating the unexpected impacts of human recreation on adders to the Quantock Hills next spring Picture the scene: a beautiful spring morning, the mid-morning …
Paul Rutter reports on a summer of activity to create wildlife corridors between the Quantock Hills and Exmoor Over the summer I distributed the West Somerset Green Blueprint leaflets to as many landowners as possible who were within, or adjacent …
Tom Poole Library is hosting a series of autumn evening talks that delve into the rich visual art and literary culture of the Quantocks. Details and ticket prices are below.
Exciting news for the Elms & Hairstreaks project, with our first two confirmed White-letter Hairstreak (caterpillar) sightings and a significant donation received meaning that he project will continue, with more trees due to be planted in the winter It is …
Ethelbert (known to all as Bertie) White was a talented artist in watercolours and learned the old craft of wood engraving to illustrate many books about the English Countryside and the natural world. He married Elizabeth (known as Betty) who …
Citizen Science projects are a great way of helping our wildlife here on the Quantocks, as well as contributing to important national data collections. Here are just a few of the projects happening now and over the summer months, that …
New committee member and lifelong countryside and wildlife advocate, Paul Rutter, explains the reasons behind his mission to reconnect the habitats of the Quantocks to the surrounding landscapes. ~ ~ ~ I began my career in countryside management and wildlife …
Most of our day to day campaigning and conservation work is done by volunteer committee members and funded by your membership fees. Occasionally we receive a larger donation from a Friend which means we can invest in longer term projects, …
Thomas Rowlandson was a remarkably prolific jobbing illustrator of the Georgian era. He drew book illustrations, caricatures, political cartoons, comic scenes, bawdy episodes and erotic tableaux, always with a keen eye for the ridiculous and absurd in Georgian society and …
In previous newsletters we have described our struggle to convince Somerset Council that an official response was required to the unauthorised removal of hundreds of metres of hedgerow within the Quantock Hills “protected” area. It seemed clear to us that …