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Unusual Activity – Continued

Posted on June 22, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

Good news……. The family of pigs which were dumped in Rail Copse last week have been caught, and have found a new home. They have all been rounded up and taken by a rare breed farm, as pets. The mother … Continue reading →

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Unusual Event – 21st June

Posted on June 21, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

‘Picnicking in style’ To mark the longest day a party arrived from Chipperfield in a Stanley 1914 – People Carrier, for a picnic. Very English, but wait the car is an American model 812 Mountain Wagon, developed to carry passengers … Continue reading →

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Thursday conservation group – June 16th

Posted on June 20, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

The group was divided up into three teams. One team went with Emily and dug up various turfs in various locations in Ashridge and transplanted them into the new pond area to enrich the wild flower diversity there. Another group were … Continue reading →

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Unusual Event

Posted on June 18, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

Whatever next – Ashridge are adding pigs to their livestock collection of cattle and sheep. The pigs will soon clear out the bracken.   Not really – a family of pigs were dumped in Rail Copse on Aldbury common during the week. … Continue reading →

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Unusual Event

Posted on June 17, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

Can any of you ‘Followers’ guess where this is? Richard was out litter picking when he stumbled across the concrete post with GB on it.

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Bird watching Northcurch Common – 17th June

Posted on June 17, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

Despite being a misty and somewhat drizzly morning on Northchurch Common it was still well worth getting up early for. I was delighted to see that Meadow Pipits were particularly plentiful, singing mainly on the wing or from perches. In my opinion, … Continue reading →

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Duke of Burgundy Larval Survey

Posted on June 15, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

Duke of Burgundy are one of the rarer species of butterfly that grace the chalk grassland in our area. Indeed, they are of sufficient interest that a group of volunteers have been diligently counting their number since they first started to emerge … Continue reading →

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Learn flint walling.

Posted on June 13, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

With an abundance of flints in the area it is not surprising that they appear everywhere, in churches, houses and garden walls. So it was at Ashridge when the Bridgewaters required a coach route throughout the Park, and it was walled … Continue reading →

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Illegal activity in Ashridge

Posted on June 12, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

Take a bike ride along the footpath through the woods at Aldbury Nowers. It only takes seven minutes on the video. Illegal of course because it is not a bridleway, but this is what some mountain bikers get up to … Continue reading →

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Bird watching Northcurch Common – 10th June

Posted on June 11, 2016 by ashridgevolunteersblog

We had a really successful morning.  So many skylarks and Meadow Pipits were seen that it was quite a challenge to try and identify where each had come from and ensure, as much as possible, that we did not count the … Continue reading →

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