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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Friends of Therfield Heath and Greens The Friends are holding their first event of 2022 on Friday 4th February. Stay in the warm, get your drinks and nibbles ready and join the Friends Zoom Quiz Night. Anyone can join in as a team of one or several. The winning team will receive a small prize.
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The Friends Of Therfield Heath and Greens The Friends organised 13 events and 12 litter picks in 2021. Throughout the year there were Art sessions en plein air, “walk and talks” on birds, flowers and trees on the Heath, a Star Gazing evening, Easter trail and a quiz. A similar range of events is planned
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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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The Friends Of Therfield Heath and Greens On your winter walks across the Heath do you know if you are on Two Hills, Pen Hill, heading towards the gallops or Sun Hill Common? The new Friends Visitors Guide can help you. The Guide shows the main features of the Heath, including areas that have their
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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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The Friends Of Therfield Heath and Greens Do you know your Birch from your Beech? You are invited to join the Trees and Other Wildlife Walk on Therfield Heath, Sunday 14th November at 2pm. The walk will be led by Doug Radford, former warden at Fowlmere RSPB Reserve. Doug will help you to identify the
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The Friends Of Therfield Heath and Greens Find out more about out Landscape Painting Group. A group of amateur artists met monthly from May to September to enjoy plein-air painting sessions on Therfield Heath, attempting to capture its colour and beauty on canvas and paper. In sun, wind and (sometimes) drizzle, up to seven of
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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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Friends of Therfield Heath and Greens Are you looking for something for new experiences now we can get out more? Why not join The Friends of Therfield Heath and Greens. We are a local charity helping conserve the beautiful rare chalk grassland and the natural environment it supports. We arrange varied events from indoor quizzes
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Conservators of Therfield Heath As the good weather comes and larger groups can meet up, we are aware that some people may still want (or need) to avoid crowds. There are around 420 acres of common land within the main Heath and also eight common land greens located in and around Therfield. You can find
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