September Update: The Friends of Therfield Heath and Greens The Friends (FOTH) would like to thank those members who attended our AGM in July, everyone who stopped at our stand at the Kite Festival and those who have attended Friends events. It is good to know that the Friends charity is appreciated and supported in […]
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Royston Wildlife Group Merger The Royston Wildlife Group has for many years organised a series of five highly regarded wildlife presentations during the autumn and winter months. The presentations include stunning photographs and fascinating information about wildlife. We are pleased to announce that the group will now be amalgamated with the Friends of Therfield Heath
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News from Therfield Heath Conservation – Victoria Memorial Refurbishment Talented stonemason, Stan Reynolds, has finished refurbishing the Victoria Memorial Fountain on Therfield Heath. The drinking fountain was built in 1901 to mark the passing of Queen Victoria. After 122 years of British weather, the stone was left in need of some serious care. The stones
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August Update: The Friends of Therfield Heath and Greens The Friends have a variety of events coming up to involve everyone. We will be at the Royston Kite Festival, alongside the Conservators of the Heath, with fun activities for children. Photographers can improve their technique for capturing beautiful landscapes at an outdoor course on 12th
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Therfield Heath Conservation – Pasque flowers The Conservators of Therfield Heath and Greens support the Kite Festival continuing to take place on Therfield Heath. For the last two years we have been in discussions with Rotary on how to better manage the Kite Festival, so it does not impact SSSI grassland. We have concerns about
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July Update: The Friends of Therfield Heath and Greens The Friends aim to promote and encourage improvement and conservation of the natural environment and fundraise to support projects on the Heath. All our events are informative, interesting and raise awareness of the unique environment of the Heath. People can be energetic by joining our long
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The Friends of Therfield Heath and Greens The Friends Easter Egg Hunt in April was our most successful so far. We are very happy that so many families enjoyed themselves at our fundraising event. A big thank you to our sponsors: Bury Lane Farm Shop, naturally happy dogs, Tesco Extra and the Original Factory Shop.
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Therfield Heath Conservation – Help Out The Heath ‘The Big Help Out’ is scheduled for Monday 8th May 2023 as a celebration of the coronation of King Charles III. This dedicated bank holiday is perfect if you struggle to find the time to volunteer. If you have always wanted to try volunteering, there is no
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The Friends of Therfield Heath and Greens Will you help water the new trees? Now it is spring, and the four trees planted by The Friends on the Heath in the autumn need watering once a week. They each need a gallon a week, less if we have a very wet spring, maybe more if
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Community News: Therfield Heath & Greens – Bins, Benches & Birds Following advice from Historic England, benches were removed from two scheduled ancient monuments on the Heath. These Bronze Age burial mounds are excellent viewpoints of the surrounding landscape but unfortunately, erosion from footfall was risking the future of these important archaeological features. Scrub is
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The Friends of Therfield Heath Thank you to everyone who came to the Friends quiz evening in February. We raised more than enough money to buy Cat the ranger and her Heath volunteers another tree popper to help keep the scrub at bay on the Heath. The remainder of the monies will go towards funding
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Therfield Heath Conservation Habitat Management Therfield Heath contains some of the richest chalk grasslands in England and is the largest of this habitat in the county. Most of the site is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest for the diverse and rare chalk grassland species and specific insect species which live there. The conservation
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