An environmental project set into life by Langdyke has won a local council an award. Castor Parish Council won the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Association Of Local Councils (CAPLC) Award for Environmental Projects for its work on Nature and Wildlife habitat reinstatement. The award was the result of a ten year project spearheaded initially by Langdyke … Read more
There’s a fabulous new animation video about Swaddywell and Barnack Hills and Holes nature reserves. It tells the story of the two sites and has been produced by Natural England. You can view it by clicking on the image below.
Langdyke Countryside Trust is working with the Environment Agency to identify areas for shrub and tree planting to mitigate tree removal along the banks of the Maxey Cut. The agency plans to remove trees and bushes on both banks of the Cut to alleviate flooding risk in future years. According to the environment agency the … Read more
It is actually good news that margins of the two main water areas at Etton Maxey pits are a muddy mess … thanks to a major project. You may have seen a digger on the reserve in the last couple of weeks. Reserve manager David Cowcill explains what has been going on … A theme … Read more
Langdyke volunteer Jackie Robinson writes regularly about developments on our reserves. Here she describes the work to restore an important pond, the importance of surveying butterflies, how she discovered an intriguing wasp spider and the joys of raking … Last week we were greeted with a man on a ride-on mower carefully whizzing around the … Read more
Langdyke is looking for volunteers for weekend work parties to carry out tasks on the new Christ’s College Nature Reserve. The work parties will particularly appeal to people who have full time employment and cannot attend the Monday and Thursday groups which meet on the Trust’s reserves. The volunteers will carry out a wide range … Read more
We have an event coming up giving members the chance to improve their bird identification skills. Langdyke trustee and bird expert Brian Lawrence is going to spend part of a morning at the Trust’s new bird viewing area overlooking the Vergette Wood Meadow water areas. It will be a chance for members to go along … Read more
You might ask what’s going on here? In her regular monthly column updating what’s happening on the reserves volunteer Jackie Robinson explains that it’s all in the interests of biodiversity … A few weeks ago after an initial introduction to grassland monitoring by Sarah Lambert, four of us – from the Swaddywell volunteer workparty … Read more
Lammas Day … in this reserves update Langdyke trustee David Cowcill – who leads the Etton reserve volunteer teams – explains how the ancient event is still important with the haymaking season on our reserves In days of yore Lammas Day (August 1st) was a “quarter day” representing a significant division of the year … Read more
Langdyke chair Richard Astle featured on a recent BBC Radio 4 programme discussing John clare and his links with Swaddywell. He was interviewed by presenter Martha Kearney during a visit to the reserve which Clare referred to as Swordywell in his poetry. Using the poetry of ‘peasant poet’ Clare, Martha visited Helpston and Fen Edge … Read more