News & Updates

Congratulations to Kingston Maurward College!

7 July 2022  //  Lorna Mann // News & Updates

Many congratulations to Kingston Maurward College, whose Level 3 course in Wildlife, Ecology & Conservation recently won a Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM) Award! We've had the pleasure of partnering up with Course Manager Brian Heppenstall and his fantastic students who have visited and been actively involved in our Yeovil projects through […]

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Somerset Water Forum

5 July 2022  //  Lorna Mann // News & Updates

Last month we were delighted to attend the Somerset Water Forum with the Somerset Catchment Partnership and hear about how Somerset is tackling current and future flood, drought, biodiversity and water quality challenges. Fantastic talks from key note speaker Rebecca Pow MP and organisations including the Environment Agency, Somerset Rivers Authority, Natural England, Wessex Water, […]

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Himalayan balsam removal

4 July 2022  //  Lorna Mann // News & Updates

Project Officer Lorna and new YRCT volunteer Charlie were down at Dodham Brook this week tackling some patches of invasive Himalayan Balsam. Uprooting this vigorous non-native before it goes to seed later in the summer is one of the best ways of controlling it and stopping it spreading along our watercourses. We've got a range […]

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YRCT registered with easyfundraising

29 June 2022  //  Lorna Mann // News & Updates

We’ve registered Yeo Rivers Community Trust with #easyfundraising, which means over 6,000 shops and sites will now donate to us for FREE every time you use #easyfundraising to shop with them. These donations help so much, so please sign up to support us – it’s completely FREE and doesn’t take long. https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/causes/yeovilriverscommunitytrust/?utm_campaign=raise-more&utm_source=social&utm_medium=facebook&utm_content=gs-f1

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Orchids in Brympton Parish

29 June 2022  //  Lorna Mann // News & Updates

Spotted in the Brympton Parish area of Yeovil! Two beautiful varieties of orchid. On the left, we have the pyramidal orchid and a common spotted orchid on the right. Have you seen any wild orchids around Yeovil? Now is the perfect time to catch a glimpse of them.

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Our new video

29 June 2022  //  Lorna Mann // News & Updates

A big thank you to media student Sam Macdonald for choosing to film our work alongside Sustainable Yeovil as part of their course. We had a great time chatting to Sam about why it's so important to tackle litter in our local community and are thrilled with the video he produced that highlights our work. […]

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Hilfield Friary Bio Blitz

14 June 2022  //  Lorna Mann // News & Updates

Last month we took part in Hilfield Friary's bio blitz! We had a fantastic morning pond dipping and identified a fantastic variety of aquatic invertebrates, including smooth newts, some very impressive dragonfly nymphs and even some newt tadpoles.

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Colouring in Walter the Water Vole

14 June 2022  //  Lorna Mann // News & Updates

If you and your children visited us at the Giving Dodham a Hand event last week in YEOVIL COUNTRY PARK, we hope they enjoyed colouring in Walter the Water Vole! Phoebe aged 3 and Martha aged 5 sent us their fabulous creations. We'd definitely find it easier to spot our resident country park water vole […]

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Able2Achieve visit Alvington Pond

7 June 2022  //  Lorna Mann // News & Updates

The fabulous able2achieve recently joined us at Alvington Pond to give the nettles and brambles a much-needed haircut to ensure our wildflower areas get plenty of light! We were pleased to see poppies already in bloom, corncockle in bud and a wide selection of grasses popping up. We can't wait to see what other native […]

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Water and You! at St. Margaret's Primary School

7 June 2022  //  Lorna Mann // News & Updates

A big thank you to St. Margaret's CEVA Primary School Tintinhull for welcoming us during May to present to children Module 1 of our Education Programme, Water and You! We had some great conversations about water resources, the impact humans have on the water cycle and our water footprint. Following our presentation, we joined the […]

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