Monthly Archives: August 2022

Join one of our EuCAN Volunteer groups!

We have three groups in Dorset and Somerset and they are always very pleased to see new volunteers! Their programmes of events can be found on this page

It’s ragwort time again!

Common Ragwort is thought to have between 40 and 60 species of insects dependant on it (including the famous Cinnabar moth of course) and every year our contractors and volunteers have the task of removing as much of it as possible from the Butterfly Conservation reserve at Lankham Bottom. The problem has been well nigh […]

Gathering in Yellow Rattle seed – we’ll sow it when (if) it rains again!

We were very fortunate to be offered the opportunity in June to collect a large quantity of Yellow rattle seed to sow on some of our less flowery sites. This has been a stunning year for Yellow rattle flowers: After about two hours our group had harvested around 3kg including about one third husks and assorted […]

Local news coverage for EuCAN activities in Sherborne

The local, very smart but free monthly magazine The Sherborne Times has a two page article in the August issue by Simon Ford called ‘The re-flowering of Sherborne’ about the work we have done on the various grassland sites in the town and its outskirts, many of them in association with our friend Adam Gale. We hope it […]