Royston Kite Festival 2022 The people of Royston and surrounding villages turned out in their thousands on Sunday, August 7, for the soar-away success of the town’s revitalised Kite Festival. The Festival, organised by Royston Rotary Club, was returning to Therfield Heath after a gap of two years caused by the Covid pandemic. Rotary Club […]
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Therfield Heath Conservation What you might see happening on the Heath in August August will be a busy month for the Heath! You might see a fair amount of work going on around the site, all of which is occurring to help the ecology of the Heath, and help it continue to be a space
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Therfield Heath Conservation – Benches and Burial Mounds on the Heath Therfield Heath contains a number of important archaeological remains, which together form one of the best surviving ancient landscapes in the county. The remains include a Neolithic long barrow and associated Bronze Age barrow cemetery (all scheduled); a length of Iron Age boundary ditches
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Therfield Heath Conservation -Tree maintenance on the Heath We have a wide variety of trees on the heath, being of chalk soil we mostly think of the Beech trees which seem to dominant the tree line towards the south in the woodland but there are more species to be found. Having seen the devastation seen
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Therfield Heath Conservation – History of Therfield Heath Written by Astrid Matthews Nowadays we’re lucky enough to use The Heath simply as a nature reserve, for long walks and picnics or a drink at the Heath Café Bar. There are many sports clubs based at The Heath and all around the villages surrounding it, including
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Therfield Heath Conservation – Pasque Flowers Written by Astrid Matthews Now that spring is upon us, let’s take a look at one of the new species of flora that you may spot reappearing at the Heath. Pasqueflowers, pulsatilla vulgaris, are a rare wildflower that bloom around Easter time on Therfield Heath. It is an incredibly
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Therfield Heath Conservation Ground Nesting Birds Lots of you will be aware that it is that time of year again….the Skylarks and Meadow Pipits are singing across Therfield Heath and they are now starting to nest. We understand Therfield Heath is a great place to walk and to exercise your dogs, but please consider the
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Therfield Heath Conservation Friend of mine rented a farm vehicle but got ripped off. It was a con-tractor. Unlike the joke above, we have some excellent contractors on site so far this winter, you might have seen them working hard across the site to help improve the habitat for wildlife and humans alike. We have
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Royston Heath Conservation How do you tell poisonous mushrooms apart from the edible ones? You give them to someone else to eat first! (Warning: do not eat the fungi or mushrooms you find please!) Fungi on Therfield Heath This time of year we are saying goodbye to the majority of the wild flowers on the
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Royston Heath Conservation You Better Beleaf It!! We are now moving fully into our Autumn and Winter works program, which means you will see some practical actions happening on the heath. We have a vast number of trees found on the heath and after completing a survey during the summer we are now actioning the
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Conservators of Therfield Heath Got a cow helping me cut the grass. He’s a lawn mooer! Sorry for the bad joke, however it does set the scene for the information we are looking to provide the users of Therfield Heath for the coming months. We have started our cut and collect regime for the site
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Conservators of Therfield Heath – Therfield in Bloom Forget having to wait till September for this years Chelsea flower show, we have our own wonderful display just on our doorsteps for everyone to come and enjoy. The Heath is displaying some of the most exquisite wildflowers found in the UK, which knowledgeable local residents have
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