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The River Frome is home to an array of wildlife, especially species of bird. A dipper has been spotted this December (2019) feeding from the local river. The dipper is a chunky bird with a nice...

A Grey wagtail has been spotted on the River Frome. Grey wagtails are listed as Red under the Birds of Conservation Concern. They can be spotted along rivers as they feed on the insects that hovver...

A kingfisher was spotted on the river Frome December 2019 by Steve Jones, who took some wonderful photographs of the beautiful bird. It is great to see that Kingfishers are present in the local...

An otter was spotted crossing the road near Ram Hill in Coalpit Heath. Otters are making a comeback in England and it is really exciting to hear that they are present in our local area. The...

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...

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...

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...

"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...

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...

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....