The Big Help Out at The Old School Queen Camel
YRCT spend the coronation bank holiday Monday starting to work on the pond at Old School Queen Camel as part of the #bighelpout
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Litter pick at Lawrence Way
A small, but very productive litter pick group on Lawrence Way back in April. At the end of the litter pick we sorted the litter for the first time. We found lots of polystyrene packaging and plastic food wrappers (with a considerable percentage from @tesco, see photo!), and a carrier bag that had travelled all […]
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Dodham Brook restoration update
Have you noticed the work happening at Dodham Brook from the Ninesprings weir and along the concrete channel? We're working with a team of contractors to bring life, colour and sound to this uninspiring concrete section of the brook. To achieve this, we are installing a combination of natural features to enhance our river and […]
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April Wildlife Walk at Sutton Bingham Reservoir
A lovely spring day for our monthly Wildlife Walk around Sutton Bingham Reservoir. So nice to see such a mixture of ages on the walk, including babies in slings and children
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Earth Day at Yeovil Country Park
A big thank you to everyone who stopped by our stand at Earth Day on Saturday 22nd April, especially all the children who had a turn clearing the litter from our model river!
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Tree planting at St Margaret's School
Before Easter YRCT returned to St Margaret’s school, Tintinhull to plant trees with the children. Tree planting can be hugely beneficial for water management in many ways, for example, trees help minimise flooding by intercepting rainwater on the leaves and branches with up to 30% never reaching the ground!
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March Sutton Bingham Reservoir Wildlife Walk
We enjoyed a fantastic Wildlife Walk at Sutton Bingham Reservoir yesterday morning. Thank you to Rich the ranger for coming out to tell us more about the reservoir. A few really nice spots including a badger’s sett, King Alfred’s cake and a huge honeycomb in a fallen tree!
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Somerset Local Nature Partnership
We were thrilled to receive support last year from the Nature & Wellbeing sub-group of the Somerset Local Nature Partnership. Thanks to their small grants, we have been able to continue with the development of our Yeovil Wellbeing, Wildlife and Water community programme. A special shout out to all our lovely volunteers & able2achieve who […]
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Alvington Pond Survey
On Saturday 11th March YRCT volunteers Kate, Anna, Emma and Isa braved the rain to take part in our quarterly invertebrate survey at Alvington Pond. Well done team!! Species identified included freshwater shrimp, phantom midge larvae, stonefly larvae, water mites and alder fly larvae. There is also a fantastic amount of frogspawn in the pond […]
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Britain in Bloom - It's Your Neighbourhood Award
We are delighted to have been presented with an 'Outstanding' award from RHS Community Gardening Britain in Bloom for our community project at Alvington Pond in Yeovil, in collaboration with Brympton Parish Council and SSDC. If you would like to get involved with our work helping to enhance and restore other ponds and rivers in […]
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