Monthly Archives: January 2014

EuCAN logging project 2013

Over the last eighteen months, we have cut, split, extracted and sold around 140 cubic metres of oak and softwood logs from Butterfly Conservation’s north Dorset reserve at Alners Gorse. It has been a struggle as this must be one of the wettest muddiest places in Dorset and we still have more loads to sell, […]

Transylvania – Gyimes haymaking festival August 2014

The annual haymaking festival in Gyimes in eastern Transylvania is a fabulous international event in one of the most biodiverse and culturally rich areas of Europe. To download the outline programme, click here. To see photos of previous years’ photos go to https://picasaweb.google.com/poganyhavas/SzenacsinaloKalaka2012 and  https://picasaweb.google.com/poganyhavas/SzenacsinaloKalaka2011 For further information email Attila and Reka on contact@aldomas.ro

More swamp work!

We are getting good at clearing overgrown sallows from the wet flushes on the Butterfly Conservation reserve in Neroche Forest on the Blackdown Hills. This is our third contract and involved a team of 10 people including trainees. It’s hard work and pretty muddy! But the habitat that is revealed when we have finished makes […]

Milverton Conservation Volunteers To Build on Successful First Year

The Milverton Conservation Volunteer Group will celebrating a successful first year in operation at a meeting in Milverton on Tuesday 21st January 2014. Members will be congratulated on their efforts so far and will discuss fund-raising and expanding their operations beyond Milverton. For more information about the group, read the latest Press Release: click here.

Apple juice tally reaches 2440!

The EuCAN community apple juicing project has just completed a very successful season with a total of 2440 bottles of pasteurised apple juice produced – thanks to the hard work of everyone involved, generous funding from the Dorset Social Care Innovation Fund  and a fantastic apple crop! Go to https://eucan.org.uk/uk/dorset/fruit-juicing/ for a full report.