Curry Woods Conservation Trust

contact us at cwctrust@aol.com

Lock down - again!

Unfortunately plans for a second major planting session have had to be put on hold. We were particularly looking forward to a group of 30 from the school, led by Outdoors Coordinator Emily Langford, coming to plant on January 14 th. However, if the school is back at half term there will still be time for them to get involved.

Meantime the next 200 trees will arrive on 14th and will be available for people to plant by themselves if they would like to.Their positions are marked out and full instructions will be sent to anyone contacting cwctrust@ aol.com. We'd be thrilled to hear from you!

There is a map of the site on our web site. If you are not sure where the CWCT land is!  Starting from in front of the church, walk away from the green and turn sharp left up Butt Lane. At the top, where Butt Lane meets Dyers Road, carry on straight over into the unnamed lane going north. (It is actually Hellards Hill Lane but isn't marked.)  Follow the lane round two bends, first to right and next to left. Carry on on the next bend to the right, but don't turn, instead walk straight ahead into the CWCT land. You can't miss it now as the 200 trees already planted are very obvious in their green guards! It's a nice walk from the green ,taking 15-20 minutes and can be made into a circular walk if you carry on down the lane and take the footpath to your right before the house at the end of the lane. That brings you out to Dyers Road, cross over and keep straight on back to the green!

 

Registered charity number 1190031

 

 

If you would like to become a member of the Trust and be able to attend meetings and have your say please contact the Secretary at 07903030533 or email cwctrust@aol.com.

At last we are owners of the land and have secured a grant for 400 trees, with protective guards and stakes - many thanks to Reimagining the Levels and the Somerset Rivers Authority Trees for Water campaign for these.

The lockdown has scuppered our plans for planting at the moment,and we want as many people as possible to volunteer to get involved. Watch this space and the Curry Rivel website for dates and more information.

Our garden visitors 2020

Following my last post:

Butterflies seen at home.  The numbers vary from year to year as do the numbers seen. Some seen rarely!

In no particular order. 

Identification reference "Butterflies of the British Isles" ,published by Hamlyn in 1988, By J A Thomas and all listed below.

Basic list from Simon Barnes book : "Rewild Yourself " and seen here:

Painted Ladies

Red Admiral

Peacock

Small Tortoiseshell

Large White 

Small White

Also seen by me in our garden:

Small Skipper 

Large Skipper

Brimstone

Green Veined White

Orange Tip

Small Copper

Holly Blue

Comma

Speckled Wood

Marbled White

Gate Keeper

Meadow Brown

Ringlet.

What will be interesting is to record what we can see in 2021!

Christmas books!

 I usually get one or two books as a Christmas gift and this year I want to mention a book by Simon Barnes, called" Rewild Yourself". First published in 2018  but now in paperback. Chris Packham says "Such a good idea" and it is a really clever way of writing about nature especially how he introduces every chapter! Chapter one he calls "The Magic Tree" and I am already thinking of how I can use this intriguing tile to restart this new year. Butterflies are always in our garden and every year we admire them and I try to keep a count of the different species we see and it's a surprising number. Starting with Simon's " Magic Tree" which attracts butterflies and his starter list of six common butterflies I have added others which we have seen in our garden and I can add a further dozen and I'll list them in my next post!! 

CWCT .we will be meeting by Zoom.

 CWCT.we will be meeting by Zoom this evening to talk over how to make progress despite our shut down . It might prove very difficult!

😊.happy new year.hope to publish some latest wildlife news from a foggy,frosty and very cold Somerset soon!