Interesting article on how Common Ragwort (Senecio jacobaea) divides conservationists and landowners, and the importance of the plant for insect diversity: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/jul/31/pulborough-brooks-sussex-shining-blossoms-divide-opinions
The Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers have worked very closely with Sutton Council over the last quarter century, delivery biodiversity improvements and people engagement but the Council certainly have a mountain to climb to find savings over the next few years! http://www.suttonsfuture.org/?page_id=107…. Continue Reading →
Over the last few months, big changes have been happening at Belmont Pastures. To anyone that dropped a visit to this Local Nature Reserve a few months ago you may have seen a very large dirt scrape on the northern… Continue Reading →
…is out now! See what we’ll be up to for the rest of the summer! July – October 2014
On Saturday 31st May, the Biodiversity Team at Sutton ran a course on spiders, which was lead by Dave Warburton with Tom Thomas from the British Naturalist Society. The training day was aimed at beginners to try and edge them… Continue Reading →
On Thursday 20th May the SNCV were out at Beddington Farmlands doing some Himalayan Balsam removal. Himalayan Balsam (Impatiens glandulifera) is a non-native species, which was first introduced into Britain in the mid-19th century as an ornamental plant. You may be… Continue Reading →
On Tuesday 13th May the volunteers were at Cuddington Meadows to remove some of the overgrown ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria). Cuddington Meadows is still one of the best chalk grassland sites in Sutton and contains key chalk grassland species, as… Continue Reading →
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