NEWS

Spring is on the way….

The best thing about February is that March follows it! The Commons are cold, wet and muddy, but the snowdrops are peeping through and the daffodils will follow. Thanks to the planting of these by our DofE students and children from the School over recent years these are slowly proliferating - and one thousand more native daffodils have been planted to cheer this Spring.

And read the latest Newsletter to see what or present DofE students, Ines and Anni, are planning for this website. Come back from time to time to see what’s new…

Annual General Meeting

The date of the AGM has now been set and this will be held at 7pm on Tuesday 22nd April (quite aptly ‘Earth Day’ ) at the Cholesbury Village Hall. We will have two interesting speakers, John Catton on the decline of insect life and David Dennis on Moths. Please see the Notice of the meeting here.

Newsletter, Commons Report and Accounts

Go to our latest Newsletter (click here)

See the latest Commons Report (click here)

The Accounts for the year ended 31 October 2024 and the Treasurer’s report are now available (click here)

Heather on the Commons

Following some great work by Janet Hopkinson and a team of helpers all the bracken has been removed from the heather beds and these were wonderful last Autumn, thank you! But, as bracken does, it will come back so do help us to clear this again when the time comes around.

Before, during …. and after!

Emperor Moth caterpillars

David Dennis and Isobel Clark have continued their efforts to breed and release Emperor Moth caterpillars and released some on the Commons last autumn. Hopefully, we will see more of them this year on their favorite hawthorn trees. See more on the Conservation pages

Moth Release at the Full Moon

David Dennis and Peter Bygate held one of their fantastic Moth Releases by the Full Moon at 10am on Sunday 9th June. David and Peter trapped the moths overnight. Due to the wet weather in recent months rather fewer moths were seen than on recent trappings. However, some interesting moths were found. See the August Newsletter..

AGM

The draft Minutes of the last AGM held on 7th May 2024 can be seen here. Please see the June newsletter for more information about the meeting. The date and programme for the 2025 AGM will be announced soon.