Saturday 20 July 2024; 2:00pm – 5:00pm Venue: St Catherine’s Church, Hoarwithy Join the experts from CLAN CiC Cultivating Learning and Nature for an afternoon of celebrating wildlife! Get ready to explore the miniature world of spiders, bugs and beetles! Felt a wildlife inspired picture! Go on a self guided trail! All free – just turn up. This is a free event and is suitable for all ages. Refreshments available. Sunday 11 August 2024; 10:00am – 4:00pm Venue: Queenswood Country Park Cultivating Learning and Nature (CLaN CIC)
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The next activity in this year’s Millenium Orchard diary is the summer pruning on 20th July. Planning Since the Blessing the Bees event Tomas and Russell have been meeting to talk about the future maintenance and evolving the design of the orchard and the millennium green. Tomas has an outline plan that can be used for fundraising and getting more people involved. Everyone is encouraged to get together on the summer pruning day to share thoughts and ideas on this – you’re welcome to come along to the chat even if you can’t make the pruning! Some members of TL would
Welcome to St James and Bartonsham Community Association – JABA for short – who have just renewed their membership of HGN . The association is a is a group of local residents dedicated to enhancing the well-being of the community. Next BALSAM BASH – Bishop’s Meadow Sat. July 15th 10.30 – 12.30 Meeting at the Victoria Bridge at 10.30am and ‘bashing’ till 12.30pm. Himalayan balsam is an invasive species that crowds out native plants and erodes the riverbank. Each plant has about 800 seeds spreading up to 7 metres away! Help us save our riverbanks by pulling it up! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To join, or re-join Herefordshire Green Network, follow
A new film documenting the evolution of The Knepp Estate in West Sussex from intensively worked and sprayed farmland which supported very little in the way of wildlife to a rewilded area full of birds, butterflies, insects, native mammals, plants and all the complexity of a fully functioning ecosystem is currently in cinemas: it is on at The Courtyard in Hereford on Tuesday 16th July. Although a somewhat uncritical look at the project, it is worth seeing for a reminder of just how much wildlife we have lost, and also the stunning photography – the Hobby catching the
The Big Butterfly Count organised by national charity Butterfly Conservation is an annual citizen science survey that helps monitor the health of the environment. The survey involves counting butterflies and moths for 15 minutes in bright, preferably sunny weather. The count is open to everyone and you can join ranger lead walks to help you identify the species. For more details and to join in, click here
Spend a day volunteering in the Much Marcle countryside and help protect local wildlife. The Countryside Regeneration Trust are looking for volunteers to meet once a month at Awnells Farm to carry out conservation work and wildlife surveys. No experience needed, training provided. Please register to volunteer and select Awnells Farm.
St James and Bartonsham Community Association are having another balsam bash this coming Saturday 6th July. 10.30. Meet at Bishop’s Meadow, by Victoria Bridge, Hereford. Bring gloves. Long sleeves and long trousers recommended. Any enquiries secreataryjaba@gmail.com.
June has been busy in Leominster whether it is Leominster Festival, Threads through Creation or the election which is keeping people occupied and entertained.
There are the usual Transition Leominster activities coming up in July:
Saturday 6th July, 10.- 12.30 – if TL can cope when they get the election results there will be the Repair Café and Plant Stall
Wednesday 10th July 7pm – Social at the Chequers
Wednesday 17th July 10am – Cycle ride, Corn Square
Choir will break up for the summer, last session 16th July (end of term party – details from lccatlcc@myphone.coop).
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Is anyone interested in a bat walk please let TL know on
Herefordshire Wildlife Trust have a series of events over the summer including Guided Wellbeing Walks starting on Thursday 4th July and Children’s Art Sessions. Click here for more information and to book. The Leominster branch of the Trust are holding a talk on Gardening for Wildlife on Wednesday 10th July from 7.00pm – 8.30pm followed by a garden visit on Saturday 13th July. Full details can be found here.
Leigh Day is a firm of solicitors representing some members of the Hereford community in relation to the pollution of the River Wye. A lot of their clients and the wider community have explained to them that the pollution of the river has really impacted their lives, from loss of access to the rivers and the ecological decline to affecting their livelihoods and property values. Leigh Day are holding a series of events in Hereford and the wider Herefordshire area in mid-July about the pollution and the legal claims. Please click on the link for more information.
