An elephant hawk moth caterpillar has been spotted in the parish. These chunky mini beasts can grow to be the size of your thumb! Their adult counterparts are just as impressive, growing into huge...
Climate & Nature News
Sensory Squirrel!
A squirrel was spotted making the most of the logs at the sensory garden at the Brockeridge centre earlier this week. It's not just humans that seem to enjoy relaxing...
Slow worms – the legless lizard
Our local groundsman discovered a young healthy slow worm at the over grown nature zone at the back of the Brockeridge centre 31/07/2019. As slow worms are protected in the UK under the Wildlife...
Centenary Field Bats
"On the 20th June 2019, I went out to do a little informal bat survey of the Centenary Field. The aim of this was to give our ecologists an idea of the species that are present before they wrote up...
Bug Hotel at the Glebeland
Chair to Council, Linda Williams, spotted a bee hotel in use at the Glebeland by the wild flowers between Rectory and Church roads. Linda says, "Possibly leaf cutter bees? (...) It was good to see...
Nature Notes – Butterfly Sightings
One of our councillors, Sue Walters, shared her encounter with some beautiful butterfly species: "Walking the dogs this afternoon some meadows had been cut and there were hundreds of butterflies....
