One of our biodiversity recorders said to me recently that not much seems to happen in the Water Meadows in the winter months. I responded saying that is true in… Continue reading The Water Meadow Chronicles, part 22
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The Water Meadow Chronicles, part 21
Writing Chronicle 21 at the beginning of the New Year 2002, I am thinking about the events that have been notable over the last two months. My thoughts go straight… Continue reading The Water Meadow Chronicles, part 21
Bury St Edmunds Bioblitz
Bury will be hosting a Bioblitz on Friday 20th and Saturday 21st May 2022 as part of a series of events celebrating 1,000 years since the founding of St. Edmunds… Continue reading Bury St Edmunds Bioblitz
Japanese knotweed
Victorian plant hunters, in particular Philip von Siebold, were responsible for bringing many plants back to Britain from all over the world in the 1800s. Several of them have since… Continue reading Japanese knotweed
Article for WildEast Newsletter
The prospect of losing a 50-acre field in the middle of Bury St Edmunds to a hotel and leisure complex, led to the formation of the Bury Water Meadows Group… Continue reading Article for WildEast Newsletter
Second year of multi-year habitat management in Ram Meadow
In the autumn of 2020 BWMG volunteers began the first year of our multi-year habitat management for the open water scrape in Ram Meadow. The objective is to open up… Continue reading Second year of multi-year habitat management in Ram Meadow
The Water Meadow Chronicles, part 20
These last few weeks have been strange days. The weather has been very variable; sometimes it has felt more like a mild winter’s day. Occasionally there has been a glimpse… Continue reading The Water Meadow Chronicles, part 20
The Water Meadow Chronicles, part 19
Strange days. We have had a mixed bag of weather these last few weeks. We’ve had cold, wet and windy weather like winter and we’ve had really hot and sunny… Continue reading The Water Meadow Chronicles, part 19
The Water Meadows Chronicles, part 18
Several people have said to me that they have become more attuned with and appreciative of our natural world this year. They “blame” the pandemic and say that, along with… Continue reading The Water Meadows Chronicles, part 18
The Water Meadow Chronicles, part 17
I am writing this Chronicle at the beginning of April (2021). During this week we have had huge temperature variations. At the beginning of the week we had “summer”. People… Continue reading The Water Meadow Chronicles, part 17