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The Beauty of Spring
Read moreAs spring approaches and the weather improves there is more to encourage us to get out and about on the beautiful riverside. For the observant it is an opportunity to witness the progress of spring. It may be the sight…
Adrian WaltersHedge laying – a Perfect Countryside Pursuit
Read moreThe winter work programme continues while there is the opportunity but an early spring will put a stop to it and any remaining work will have to be carried over to October and next winter. In the meantime ditches have…
Adrian WaltersObserve Plants to see Climate Change
Read moreFor those who work out in the ‘great outdoors’ a continuing trend in seasonal change has become apparent. Whereas fifty years ago night frosts and chilly weather could be expected from September onwards nowadays the weather is generally considerably milder…
Adrian WaltersFull Steam Ahead with Winter Work
Read moreThe last of the cattle departed in mid-November bringing another grazing season to a definitive close. For many who access the riverside on a daily basis it is almost inconceivable that these pastures have a grazing record stretching back to…
Adrian WaltersAll Change for Autumn
Read moreNovember sees the end of yet another grazing season with the cattle being withdrawn from the pastures and returned to their yards for the winter. The summer grazing season has to have been one of the most extraordinary on record…
Adrian WaltersSea or Land Birds?
Read moreThe wildlife that surrounds us is full of fascination and it is always worth checking out guides, books or the internet for information about what lives on our doorstep. Recent reading has revealed some interesting facts about birds that are…
Adrian WaltersOur Lovely Stour
Read moreMemories of this summer’s bone dry conditions and searing heat are already fading. The pastures have greened and the grass started to grow from the middle of August so that the livestock now has fresh green shoots to feed on.…
Adrian WaltersBlues and Browns
Read moreAugust weather often produces languor inducing heat which can reduce the vigour of one’s efforts and it may seem rather more appealing to sit in the shade with a cool beer than to try and exert oneself too much under…
Adrian WaltersA New Chapter Begins
Read moreThe Sudbury riverside might appear to provide a timeless backdrop to the ever changing town. However, although it still retain much of its bucolic charm, no more so than when the cattle are crossing the floodgates pool from one pasture…
Adrian WaltersFrom the Suffolk Slopes of the Stour Valley
Read moreThis month’s news comes from the valley slopes of the Stour, namely Great Cornard Country Park. The Sudbury Common Lands Charity has been managing the park on behalf of the parish council for a number of years now and it…
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