Friends of the Quantocks are launching an ambitious new project and we want you to be involved. We’re looking for enthusiastic volunteers to undertake surveys and help us protect and create new habitat for White Letter Hairstreak (WLH) and Brown …
Have you noticed that Wilmot’s Pool car park has recently undergone renovation work? The works were undertaken by the Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme, with some match-funding from Friends of the Quantocks. Our investment of £40,000 forms part of a £2.6m …
– Sally Pheasant, Farming Engagement Support Officer QHNL The Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme is a grant funded programme via Defra and is available to all farmers and landowners in the Quantocks. Our research shows that most farmers have heard …
– Andy Stevenson, Quantock Hills National Landscape Since 2014 the rangers from the Quantock Hills National Landscape Team have taken part in a national survey carried out across 32 National Parks and National Landscapes (formerly AONBs) in England and Wales …
– Dan Broadbent, Quantock Landscape Partnership Scheme This year’s QLPS community archaeology excavation revealed a multi-period site, including a prehistoric enclosure and an Early Medieval cemetery in the heart of the Quantocks. Previous QLPS excavations have identified a late Bronze …
– Pete Gotto We have a small team of ‘Observers’ who regularly walk parts of the land which Friends of the Quantocks acquired a decade ago. Each member of the team covers a specific area and reports back to me, …
– Robin Stamp Whilst many of you will have read various articles by me over the years with my treasurer or my wildlife enthusiast hat on, today I write to you as the new chairman of the charity. It has …
“What humans need to do to keep the world full of wildlife“ A talk by author Charles Foster at Stogursey Victory Hall on Monday 23rd September 7.30pm This is our next special event celebrating 75 years of the Friends of …
Some years ago, Jo and I went to an event at Halsway Manor at which, as I discovered later, she decided that we would join Friends of Quantock, of which I had never heard. However, I then found out that …
If you walk on the hills in May and June you may see a flash of emerald green as a Green Hairstreak butterfly passes by. These are quite small at 27-34mm and usually you see them flying quite low and …