Cotswold Diary

Improving river health

Mon 4th Nov '24Tue 5th Nov '24

Double river duty this morning, first with Tony at Ebley for the regular riverfly monitor and then checking the rafts on the...

Sun 3rd Nov '24

That time of month again to check the health of riverfly in our regular spot near the Ocean. I met with Graham...

Fri 1st Nov '24Fri 8th Nov '24

Met at Fromebridge with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust for my first “Fromebridge Friday” winter project. The overall objective is to put in...

Thu 31st Oct '24Fri 1st Nov '24

Trip up the Painswick valley today to seed a site with Glorious Grasslands. Luckily I planned to get there a bit early,...

Wed 30th Oct '24Fri 1st Nov '24

Second week for me at this site, and the third for Stroud Valleys Project. The aim is to restore the field back...

Tue 29th Oct '24Wed 30th Oct '24

Back at Wild Acres today and the winter land management is in full swing. Today I was mostly at the the of...

Mon 28th Oct '24Fri 1st Nov '24

With one thing and another over the last couple of months, I’ve not actually managed to do any seed spreading this season....

Thu 24th Oct '24

This project has been agreed in the Parish Council biodiversity plan, so today David and I met to kick it off and...

Wed 23rd Oct '24Thu 24th Oct '24

First time for quite a while that I had been out on a work party with Stroud Valleys Project. The task today...