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The Winter Bird Walk 2023 takes place on Saturday 4th March at Hillhouse Wood with Steve Hallam leading. Walkers should meet at the Old Church at 10 am (weather permitting). We advise wearing stout footwear and warm clothing & with a warm drink in a flask. Walkers can expect to see a range of resident woodland and meadow species as well as some winter visitors. Last year the walkers saw or heard:
Continue reading “Winter Bird Walk 2023 -will a Waxwing show this year?”The recent unexpected and rapid change in weather caught us short. Despite this the Snow Patrol, with their usual efficiency, stepped in to mitigate risks as much as they could – more about them later.
We saw, perhaps 2″ of snowfall in West Bergholt, meanwhile our webmaster reported nearer 4″ falling in just a few hours; he lives in Brentwood! By contrast, Greenstead and St. Johns had virtually none.
Continue reading “White Christmas or a Weather Crisis?”The first guided walk at Hillhouse Wood since 2020 takes place on Saturday 26th February when Steve Hallam leads the Winter Bird Walk 2022. Walkers should meet at the Old Church at 10 am (weather permitting), wearing stout footwear and warm clothing & with a warm drink in a flask. They can expect to see a range of resident woodland and meadow species as well as some winter visitors, the Woodland Trust lists the following as the top-15 winter potentials:
Continue reading “Winter Bird Walk 2022 – will you see a Waxwing?”
If you remember the Beast from the East in 2018, you will remember what a sterling job the Snow Patrol did in keeping the village running. Looking at their faces, it seems they also took pleasure from the task in hand.
2018 was the first time for about three years that we have had any appreciable snowfall. Thanks to a team of about twenty volunteers (and a just sufficient supply of salt), the Snow Patrol kept pathways to the key points of the village generally clear.
Winter Bulletin Is OnlineFirst the Bulletin ‘heads-up’ and then:
With the recent Lockdown, it was not possible to print and distribute the Bulletin as usual but it is now available online. If you know of somebody unable to access the online version, it will be possible to access Continue reading “Winter Bulletin & Some Christmassy News”
Winter ResilienceColchester BC is launching a Winter Resilience programme to see us through winter with COVID. The intention is to ensure all residents are prepared and/or have access to support when they need it.
This year they are going mobile and will be out and about in the community, so look out for the Community360 minibus in your area. Soon they’ll be dropping off packs to Continue reading “Winter Resilience – Coping with COVID”
The first guided walk of the year at Hillhouse Wood takes place on Saturday 29th February when Steve Hallam leads the Winter Bird Walk 2020. Walkers should meet at the Old Church at 10 am (weather permitting), wearing
Continue reading “Winter Bird Walk 2020 – will you see a Waxwing?”
It Blew the Cobwebs AwayThe Winter Bird Walk at Hillhouse Wood this morning certainly blew the cobwebs away. Steve Hallam’s account reports on an interesting walk.
The 2019 Hillhouse Wood Winter Birds walk probably falls foul of the Trade Descriptions Act on at least two counts. Firstly, Continue reading “It Blew the Cobwebs Away”
The first guided walk of the year at Hillhouse Wood takes place on Sunday 3rd March when Steve Hallam leads the Winter Bird Walk 2019. Walkers should meet at the Old Church at 10 am (weather permitting), wearing
Winter Bird Walk 2018The first guided walk of the year at Hillhouse Wood takes place on Saturday 3rd March when Steve Hallam leads the Winter Bird Walk 2018. Walkers should meet at the Old Church at 10 am (weather permitting), wearing
