Programme

After a short AGM we will be welcoming Nicola Peel as our guest speaker. Nicola is an award winning environmentalist who has worked extensively with communities in South America. Nicola describes herself as a solutionist as she finds solutions to the problems facing indigenous communities.

An exciting addition to our calendar is our first visit to Hurston Warren SSSI.

Hurston Warren is a 69.1-hectare (171-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest south-east of Pulborough in West Sussex.^[1][2]

This site has a variety of habitats, including wet and dry heath, bogs, woodland and open water. One of the bogs is a quaking bog, where a floating raft of vegetation covers open water or fluid peat; it has flora such as round-leaved sundew, bog asphodel, hare’s-tail cottongrass and cranberry. A golf course occupies much of the heath.

This will involve heathland clearance.

Our task at Dyke Farm is improve and enhance its wildlife value. Nicola Peel is encouraging the local community groups to come and use the site for various activities. Our work on the site on different visits will involve tree planting and maintenance, meadow management and  himalayan balsam pulling.

Tools and refreshments are provided