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On 11th July, we have 18 volunteers from Scottish and Southern Electricity coming to help us to put up fencing and prepare for the installation of a cattle drinking trough.
Summer is here! And nothing conjures up images of sunshine and the warmth and colour of flowery meadows better than butterflies. But with a large scale loss of habitats, three-quarters of British butterflies are in decline.
Would you like to know more about what lives on the Bishop’s Meadow?
In March 2014, the Bishop’s Meadow Trust fenced off some of its land adjacent to the Cemetery to create an orchard. At that time, we invited children from 7 local schools to help in planting the fruit trees which was a great success!
I was walking across the Meadow last week and was pleased to see a Red Kite circling on a thermal overhead.
Kingfishers are small, unmistakable, bright blue and orange birds of slow moving or still water. They fly rapidly, low over water, and hunt fish from riverside perches, occasionally hovering above the water’s surface.
Peter Holman, the Chairman of South and South East in Bloom, officially presented his Chairman’s Award to the Bishop’s Meadow Trust’s Jim Munro at the Farnham Council Offices on Tuesday 10th January 2017.
The Bishop’s Meadow Trust would like to thank all our members, volunteers and supporters who have made 2016 such an outstanding year for the Bishop’s Meadow and the Trust.
We seem to be coming to the end of the year again. And that is an opportunity to look back at all we have collectively achieved on the Meadow.
On 21st November, I was a volunteer at the now legendary Bridge Tea, organised by Tessa Trench – and it was great fun!
The Bishop’s Meadow can be a bit boggy at this time of year but please tog up and come and join us for the next Working Party on Wednesday 23rd and Saturday 26th November.
The Bishop’s Meadow Trust is so excited to have received the top award of the 2016 South and South East in Bloom competition – The Chairman’s Award.
The 2016 Annual General Meeting of the Bishop’s Meadow Trust will be on Sunday 9th October at the Pentecostal Church, Red Lion Lane, GU9 7QN.
The ground was prepared and the seed sown and now the Meadow’s dedicated wild flower area for bees is beginning to bloom.
At a recent meeting of the Bishop’s Meadow Trust, Jim Munro was elected as the new Chair of the organisation, replacing Vic Green who has done a brilliant job over the past years. Ed Partridge was elected as Vice Chair.
This year, sowing has been delayed by weather and technical problems, but we are going to do our best to have our bee meadow ready for the Britain in Bloom and the South East in Bloom judges to see.
The Floodplain Meadows Partnership has recently launched a new handbook on floodplain meadows called “Beauty and Utility”.
Farnham’s annual charity bike ride will take place this year on Sunday 3rd July, so there is plenty of time to get out that bike and start training!
With agreement from the Bishop’s Meadow Trust, the Environment Agency has started work on creating a fish passage in the River Wey close to the Farnham Gauging Station.
Ed Partridge, one of the Bishop’s Meadow Trust Directors, found a barn owl lying on the Bishop’s Meadow recently.
Thanks to an amazing group of volunteers, two wildlife protection areas are well under way on the Meadow.
We are delighted to welcome 2 new directors/trustees to the Board of the Bishop’s Meadow Trust.
The Bishop’s Meadow Trust has been approached by the Environment Agency to make improvements to the weir on part of the River Wey which runs through the meadow.
Artist, photographer and local resident Xoanxo Cespon held an exhibition in late September 2015 at the Farnham Museum of a selection of his photos of the Bishop’s Meadow.
On the 26th February 2013, Bishop’s Meadow was selected as a SNCI.