Carol Inskipp set a moth trap up in the quarry on Tuesday evening. Even though the weather was clear and cold she caught 54 moths and 20 different species. There were some really amazing moths. My favourites are the Buff…
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Our glorious sunshine has brought out some of our rarer species in the quarry. An ecologist last week recorded the Dingy Skipper in several locations in Harehope Quarry. This is a small brown and grey butterfly, which is found in Britain…
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We have made the final touches to the new composting toilets and additional doorway so they are now ready to use. They have been finished with some beautiful stained glass in the doors by Vicky Boase of Taigh Solais (https://www.facebook.com/jane.bowes.56). Come…
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Even with the classroom still in the throws of refurbishment we hosted a brave group of Forest School teachers for a hen party. Amazing what you can do with a few pallets and some decoration.
After what seems like a very long winter spring has finally sprung. We could almost see the leaves coming out on the Alder this weekend and the catkins on the goat willow have been wonderful.
Our refurbishment of the classroom in the quarry is moving forward and we can at least now start to put things back together. It seemed like a very long session of pulling apart! The new compost loos are now ready…
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We have just added our events for this year to the website. The first event is not until August so we can continue to refurbish the classroom. However, events will include a children’s art day in the summer holidays, teachers’…
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The refurbishment work the classroom and the workshop is coming along. Work has begun on the eaves of the workshop after a volunteer session at the weekend and we will be continuing the work over the next few weekends. We…
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You will have seen from earlier posts that we received planning permission approval back in November to extend the workshop and upgrade the wind turbine in the quarry. We are just starting to make progress on this now. We hope…
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