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Hedge laying activities create large amounts of brash – for Hermitage Field Community Meadow the recent hedge laying resulted in 130 metres of it! We would like to thank the…

This January we were very fortunate to benefit from some superb work organised by the Lancashire and Westmorland Hedgelaying Association, who ran a four-day course on traditional hedge laying at…

A smart new line of fencing has been installed on Hermitage Field by local fencing contractor Chris Killilea, who has done an excellent job. The work was made possible thanks…

Hermitage Field Community Meadow has been given an ‘Action for Nature’ community group award by Lancashire Wildlife Trust. The award was one of several given to different community groups in…

Over the summer we were delighted to receive a request from the British Standards Institution (BSI) in Lancaster asking if some of their workforce could donate a volunteering work day to…

As part of the Connecting People with Nature project, we welcomed a super group of volunteers to the meadow on a glorious sunny day in August. The group enjoyed photographing…

We were delighted to welcome a wonderful group of ladies from Nelson in Lancashire to the meadow as part of the Forest of Bowland Connecting People with Nature project. This…

Earthworms play a vital role in creating and maintaining soil ecosystems. But which species of earthworm are present in Hermitage Field Community Meadow? That was the question we hoped to…

What lives in the meadow? That was the question for experts, volunteers and visitors at Hermitage Field’s first Bioblitz on 9 July. Wildlife watchers – both experts and novices –…