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Nature Notes – June 2023
by Andy Johnston Rewilding is all the rage at the moment. However it may come as a surprise that there are over 2,000 non-native species of plants & animals already established in the UK. Many have been deliberately introduced, but a significant number have arrived accidentally. Examples in our neighbourhood include Himalayan balsam, Japanese knot-weed,…
Read MorePlaying Field Gets Facelift
Improvements to Scruton Playing Field include a new entrance, new benches (with wheelchair access) and a storage container.
Read MorePotato Challenge 2023
The Potato Challenge is back for another season! See who can grow the biggest weight of potatoes from one tuber grown in a bag. It’s free to enter, just pick up your potato and bag now from outside East Grange House, Common Lane. A grand weigh-in will take place later in the year. Prizes for…
Read MoreNature Notes – May 2023
Recently the north of England was subject to a ridge of high pressure and a NE airflow. These conditions were ideal for the creation of Britain’s only named wind ‘The Helm Wind’.
Read MoreNature Notes – April 2023
Those of you who live near the Green or at the top of Ham Hall Lane are well aware of the rooks.
Read MoreScruton Fest 2023
The new festival is shaping up to be an exciting successor to Scruton Fete! Everything will be housed in a huge marquee on the playing field.
Read MoreKing Charles III Coronation
SPC have not received any suggestions for celebrating or commemorating the Coronation, if you have any ideas please forward them to the Parish Clerk.
Read MoreA Load of Old Rubbish!
The new operators at the Allerton Park Waste Recovery Site (south on the A1 close to the A59 junction) are offering ‘Visitor Experience Tours’.
Read MoreNature Notes – March 2023
While admiring the spring flowers in the church yard, I noticed grey squirrels chasing each other along the church wall.
Read MoreNature Notes – February 2023
At last signs of spring: great tits, robins, starlings, mistle thrushes and song thrushes are all starting to sing.
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