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Try birdwatching in the Chilterns for a cheep thrill
14/06/21
I STARTED birdwatching when I moved to Cookley Green in 1999. After noticing some birds in the garden, I bought a bird table, a birdbath and some feeders. Soon the birds were visiting regularly. I bought a book and began identifying the easy ones. ...
Flooded family face six months out of home
17/02/14
A FAMILY from Watlington faces up to six months out of their home after being hit by flooding. They were one of three households to be woken up in the early hours on Friday by the sound of water rushing into their homes. The grassland behind ...
Sensory garden opened to help dementia care
31/08/14
A NEW sensory garden has been unveiled at a care home offering nursing and dementia care. The £30,000 garden at Lashbrook House in Mill Road, Shiplake, was unveiled by Henley Deputy Mayor Jeni Wood. Called Clover Meadows, it features plants ...
In search of mink
22/04/14
A SURVEY has been launched to find out whether mink are living on Henley’s waterways. The Henley Wildlife Group, which is conducting the study, believes they may have set up habitats on the Thames. It wants to reintroduce endangered water ...
Celebrate autumn at fruit farm open day
04/10/14
AN open day will be held at Cross Lanes Fruit Farm in Mapledurham next Sunday (October 12) from 10am to 5pm. The farm grows more than 50 varieties of traditional English apples and most will be available to taste along with pears. ...
Rural role
06/10/14
THE Campaign to Protect Rural England is looking for a new chairperson to help co-ordinate activities in its Wallingford district, which includes Benson and Ewelme. The role is voluntary and no particular knowledge or ...
Farm installs floating solar panels
13/10/14
FLOATING solar panels have been installed on a Wargrave fruit farm. More than 800 panels were put in place on a reservoir at Sheeplands Farm, off Wargrave Road. They can provide 200kwH of power in a year, enough to ...
Residents clear out brook
ABOUT 30 volunteers helped clear a section of a Benson brook that is prone to flooding. Residents took part in the clean-up of the Ewelme Brook on Saturday with the help of five staff from the Environment Agency ...
Five open gardens
16/06/14
RESIDENTS of Whitchurch will open their gardens to the public on Sunday. Five households are taking part in the event, which is organised by the Whitchurch Society. The gardens will be open from 1.30pm until 4....
Open day at farm
02/06/14
SHIPLAKE Farm will be open to the public next Sunday (June 8). Visitors will be able to discover how food is grown and produced sustainably and see the farm’s herd of grass-fed beef cattle. There will be ...
Protecting Chilterns
A PLAN outlining how the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty should be looked after over the next five years has been published. It was compiled by the Chilterns Conservation Board with the ...
Music and beer festival returns
27/05/14
A MUSIC and beer festival featuring 23 well-known local bands will be held this Bank Holiday weekend. Rokefest, at the Home Sweet Home pub in Roke, near Benson, will be held from today (Friday) ...
Cyclist hits his peak
A SOLICITOR from Henley overtook more than 40 cyclists on expensive carbon bikes on his way to conquering the hardest climb on the Tour de France route on a bicycle from the Seventies. Matt ...
Red Kites stray into airfield at their peril
09/06/14
RED kites straying on to the airfield at RAF Benson will be shot if there is a risk of collision with an aircraft. Natural England, in conjunction with the RSPB and the base, has written ...
Gardening Buddies make town bloom
08/06/14
HENLEYs gardening buddies have been planting up flower beds across the town after weeks of preparation work. Five buddies were out and about on Tuesday sprucing up two beds in Mill ...
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