Join us on New Year’s Day for a botanical treasure hunt suitable for all ages and levels of expertise.
This month, we’re asking you for your nature notes. What are you seeing on the meadow now?
Late autumn and winter are the time of year for hedgelaying. No birds are nesting now and the trees are dormant. Since the hedge is still a source of food and shelter, hedges are laid in rotation around the meadow, so that the habitat isn’t lost all in one go (and because we don’t have enough people to do it all at once!) Read More
Somerset Wildlife Trust are running the #BigTauntonLitterPick across the town and Longrun is one of the places you can get involved. Read More
As I browsed in the field margins and rougher grass areas looking for bumble bees my eye was drawn to all the different seed heads which are so prominent. Read More
September means meteorological autumn is here and that means ripening fruit. Read More
What a difference the sun has made to the meadow. The hay was taken almost a month earlier than last year, so at the beginning of August, instead of rows of grass, we already have the first plants reflowering after the cut. Read More
Haymaking time has arrived. The wild flowers have mainly set seed by now and the process of haymaking ensures that the seeds are spread out in the field and reach the soil. Read More
Join us on National Meadows Day for a walk around the meadow. We’ll have a look at the plants that are flowering and the animals that feed on them. Read More
The grassy areas of Longrun are getting very long at the moment, but they aren’t messy and uncut, they are a hay crop, waiting for wildflower seeds to be ripe before being cut, dried and taken away. Read More
