Month: June 2025
New Wealden Heaths National Nature Reserve declaredPosted On: 29/06/2025
Great news for the National Trust’s Black Down and Devil’s Punch Bowl and several other local heathland sites that were declared on 27th June 2025 as the “Wealden Heaths NNR”: England’s newest National Nature Reserve as part of the King’s Series of NNRs. This brings together 2,766 hectares of nature reserves managed by the National […]
Read MoreNightjars in the evening skiesPosted On: 26/06/2025
A group assembled at Black Down on the evening of 25th June and were led along the heathland tracks as darkness fell. They were treated to the magical sound of nightjars churring in declaration of their territories, and to the sight of these rare birds flying against the inky blue sky. Nightjars are summer visitors […]
Read MoreWandering the Swan Barn Farm meadowsPosted On: 25/06/2025
Andy Swan led a group of enthusiastic Black Down & Hindhead National Trust Supporters through the tranquil meadows of Swan Barn Farm on a sunny June Sunday. A stone’s throw from Haslemere High Street, just past the old town well, pretty assemblages of wild flowers give an indication of the varied underlying geology and ground […]
Read MoreCastle Copse discoveriesPosted On: 06/06/2025
Newcastle University’s Professor of Archaeology, Sam Turner, gave a fascinating talk to members and guests of the Black Down & Hindhead Supporters on 4th June. Recent excavations, funded by the Supporters, revealed the presence of an Iron Age fort / settlement on Castle Copse, a recently acquired part of the National Trust’s Black Down estate. It […]
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