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  • Three small longhorn cattle in a meadow

    Seeding with Longhorns

    Mon 19th Oct '26Mon 19th Oct '26

    A small job this morning with Glorious Grasslands. We headed over to Pitchcombe to seed a small field squeezed between mill ponds...

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  • A line of oak trees t the top of deer park. Autumn Colours on the leaves

    Strolling round the deer park

    Sun 18th Oct '26

    It’s been many years since I walked around Berkeley Deer park, so we decided to spend the morning there and also check...

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  • A group of people scything in a small meadow

    Last push in the end meadow

    Fri 16th Oct '26Sun 18th Oct '26

    Another cracking autumn day at Fromebridge with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust. Last scheduled day in the small end meadow that isn’t cattle...

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  • A reed bed on the opposite side of a canal with a large house just behind it.

    Biologically recording the canal

    Tue 13th Oct '26Mon 19th Oct '26

    It’s been five months now since my biological recording training with the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, and today was the first time I’ve...

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  • An undulating hill valley with a farm buildings at the base

    Catching the last of the walking festival

    Sun 11th Oct '26Sun 11th Oct '26

    What with one thing and another over the last month, I didn’t get a chance to book on any of the walks...

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  • A still river with a bright sun reflecting on the water and dense vegetation on both banks

    Getting back to species richness

    Thu 8th Oct '26Sun 11th Oct '26

    A slightly delayed monthly visit to the Swimming Spot with Graham for the riverfly check. In previous months we’d seen both low...

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  • An art exhibition in a plain room with wooden floor and sunny windows with a village and woods in the distance

    Trailing the arts

    Sun 4th Oct '26Sun 11th Oct '26

    The second day of the Tyndale Arts Trail, so we decided to visit all the venues and look at the exhibits. First...

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  • Lines of raked grass in a meadow and people in the distance with rakes

    Raking up Brown’s Piece

    Mon 28th Sep '26Mon 28th Sep '26

    I was last over at Brown’s Piece in January, and today Glorious Grasslands returned to help with raking the meadow prior to...

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  • A steep species rich grassland falling away into a remote steep valley

    Green Hay at Rough Banks

    Wed 23rd Sep '26Wed 23rd Sep '26

    I haven’t been over to Rough Banks since the butterfly walk last year, and today Glorious Grasslands were seeding a substantial meadow...

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