wildlife
Fungus Foray…
Come and find colourful fungi at Tiger Hill
(down the track between Moors Farm and Arger Fen, with car parking)
Sunday 13th November at 2:30pm.
Everyone welcome.
Free event!
Holly’s Forest Sessions.
Herb Walk for Families.
For those who didn’t get enough of Dan Wheals at the Quay, there is a ‘Herb Walk for Families’ coming up on 19-20 August.
Please check on facebook (click on the link) for details and booking information. Bookings can only be made via Holly’s Forest Sessions!
Holly’s Forest Sessions.
FOREST SCHOOL AND FAMILY WOODLAND ADVENTURES
in the Sudbury and South Suffolk/North Essex area: bushcraft, woodland crafts, campfire cooking, foraging, rope walks, flora/fauna identification, and shelter building!
FOREST SCHOOL is …
child led outdoor educational sessions, all year round,in all weathers…
HOLLY’S FOREST SESSIONS: Fantastic experience for children and families – getting creative, learning bushcraft skills, climbing trees, stream dipping…
ACTIVITIES: include mini beast hunting, wood craft, cooking on a fire, rope walks, wild camping, bushcraft and more!
Holly Hilder | Forest Sessions | FS3 Leader
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Coppins Farm Walk Update.
A sunny morning on 25 June attracted nine visitors to Coppins Farm for a nature walk led by John McGlashan.
There were rare specimens as well as an abundance of wildflowers to be found, including yellow rattle, red pimpernel, oxeye daisy, pyramid orchids and bee orchids. Thanks, John – and thanks to everyone who came along!
Coppins Farm
Next week we have planned a stroll through Coppins Farm in Alphamstone, CO8 5HE, led by John MacGlashan – click on the link to read about one of our visits in 2015.
John runs his meadows under the Higher Stewardship scheme, so he’s always interested to identify what is growing, flying and creeping about – we’ll bring the Complete British Wildlife photo-guide! It’s happening next Saturday 25th June, meeting at the farm at 10am or sharing cars at 9.30am at the Kingfisher Leisure Centre car park.
Kingfisher clear up…
A couple of us did a very quick tidy up at the Kingfisher beds on Sunday morning – but there’s more to be done! The edible bed (the one closest to the Kingfisher entrance) is looking very healthy – in fact, we may have to do some cutting back soon before we are over-run with lavender, rosemary and sage. If you are passing, please feel free to dead-head the marigold flowers to encourage more blooms, as we could do with a bit more orange in the mix!
The bees, butterflies, ladybirds and moths kept us company as we worked.
This looks like a Mint Moth.
This, however, looks as if it might be a Harlequin ladybird (above) – an invasive ladybird which is not good news for our native ladybirds.
The wildflower bed is slightly over-run with various grasses, but there is colour to be had there as well – it needs a little bit of a sort out. Watch this space!
May we suggest…?
One of our activities in the last year was a visit to the Quay Theatre to do some weeding to spruce up the seating area at the back of the theatre. We returned to the Quay at the end of last week for an update, and to make plans for what to do next.
Clearly, our first priority is to do some more weeding (see above) to take out any spiky or prickly weeds and those which threaten to swamp the area, and to do a little more planting – our additions to the area have ‘taken’, which is lovely to see. We will let you know a time and date for this very soon.
After that, we will be looking at transforming the patch of ground to the rear of the Quay car park into an area of permaculture, with layered fruit trees, shrubs and ground plants, good for bees and butterflies, and foraging.
While birds are nesting, we will take a gentle approach initially, but hope to prepare the area for planting, and for the inclusion of a composting bin. Please keep a look out for information as to dates and times for this new venture.
We are a friendly bunch, so we do hope you’ll be able to join us!
Tiger Hill Bioblitz!
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