Climate & Nature News

On Saturday April 30th, as part of the weekend long “Bioblitz” event (as created by the City and Nature Challenge), Frampton Cotterell Parish Council & Frampton Nature Group hosted an all-day...

Frampton Cotterell resident, Martin (pictured), has kindly donated his 8 year old oak tree to the Parish Council. The tree was collected and planted today (14th December 2021) in the Centenary...

We have had a few fantastic wildlife sightings sent in to us over the last month! Firstly, frogs are still hopping around the gardens in the village, such as this example sent in by David Goodwin....

A tree has been planted at Ridings Road Play Area and we are hoping to find the person who planted it to work with them, and anyone else interested, on future plantings. The Parish Council are all...

A beautiful Common blue butterfly has been spotted at the Centenary Field. It seems like our new grassland management plan is helping to increase biodiversity already! By leaving areas of the...

Thank you to Phil for sending us in this mesmerising photo of a dragonfly exoskeleton attached to the bottom of a leaf. What a shot! Phil told us that "Each year damselflies and dragonflies emerge...

A lovely Common Century flower found in field by Black Rocks by Linda Williams. Although not uncommon, the pink gentian has a lovely story. Linda told us that this flower was once used to control...

Councillor Julian Selman spotted a stunning jackdaw hidden in a tree trunk in Frampton. Did you know that jackdaws are a protected species in the UK? Read all about them over on the Wildlife Trust...

Local resident, Phil Handy, has photographed a beautiful pink elephant hawk moth. Phil said: "In autumn they start to look for somewhere to pupate and we found one wandering across the lawn in...

One of our Parish Councillors, Linda Williams, has taken a great picture of what appears to be Elf Cup Fungus whilst out on the Frome Valley Walkway. Why "Elf" cup? Old tales from Europe told of...