Countryfile filming here

Today a film crew set up around one of the big badger setts, finishing about 6.30pm

Fungal Foray report

See the new page on Funghi – the report lists the F they found.

Dog Poo on the paths

The Trust and friends are finalising a little poster aimed at dog walkers. The start of the paths are getting spoiled by dogs arriving by car desperate to poo, and owners unprepared to remove it from the track. Let’s hope we can politely get the message across that the Hill is not a place to be messed with!

Geocaching

want to know what this is and how it effects CH – see the new page.

‘Champions’ leaflet about CH

The EarthHeritage Trust Champions project has produced a glossy leaflet about CH and the geology. I have been given a box of 500 and am trying to distribute them – the Castle, Jollys etc. If you want your own copy [or more] call in at Bearwood.

CH walks booklet

The existing walks booklet has almost sold out and a new edition is now at the printers. This now has two more walks – 7 – because of the arrangement made with the Courtfield estate.
The first walk in the new book is available in eBook format – free – from the Friends of Coppett web site [http://www.coppett-hill.org.uk/books.html], so if you have an iphone or smartphone, it might be useful.

Red Kites

A pair of red Kites were seen spiralling along Coppett Hill this week.

photo from Mary Rowberry

Bracken Bash 2011

Spoiled only by the flies – hot & humid – about 15 of us went and bashed the bracken last weekend.

This was followed up by lovely scones from Wendy I and homebrew cider from Lawrie Lowe

Iron Age Rampage event

At the end of May, at Symonds Yat, the Wye Valley AONB had an event – Iron Age Rampage.

The Coppett Hill Trust were invited to participate. We were provided with a tent so that we could display some boards with information and photos of the work of the Trust. We think we attracted a lot of attention, and visitors were from near and afar. We sold a lot of our walk books and signed up some friends of CH.

The photo shows some of the early volunteers signing up a new ‘friend’ – sorry we are standing in front of the displays and you cannot see them. Ask Lawrie Lowe if you want to have a look or can think of somewhere to display the boards.

Polecat seen

Jim Hamilton on Coppett Hill has caught a polecat on his webcam one evening last week.