From the Parish Council – December 2024
New Councillor, 54 Bus, Drains, Potholes, Village Green, Scruton Village WhatsApp Group, RAF
Read MoreFarming News – December 2024
In his book The Wood, author John Lewis-Stempel explains the historical importance of holly and ivy as animal fodder during the winter.
Read MoreScruton Sky at Night – December 2024
On 4 December we’ll see Venus and a thin crescent Moon low in the twilight sky: look SW. On the 13th the Moon skims under the Pleiades (mentioned last month).
Read MoreNature Notes – December 2024
The first 2 weeks of November were warm and dry with plenty of sunshine and no heavy frosts. Many flowers were still in bloom and on a couple of days my mahonia was covered in honeybees, wasps and peacock butterflies.
Read MoreFrom the Parish Council – November 2024
Parish Clerk, Emergency Plan, The Cricket Club flooding, Village Green
Read MoreGardeners’ World – November 2024
As the year draws to a close, some plants still flowering, possibly because of the rain and mild weather.
Read MoreScruton Sky at Night – November 2024
With BST over we can now look forward to darker skies.
Read MoreFarming News – November 2024
I am approaching a time of decision, whether to grow potatoes in the future. My 39-year-old potato harvester is wearing out.
Read MoreBedale Hunt dogs out of control
Bedale Hunt dogs were dangerously out of control in Scruton on Sat 26 Oct. They were on the village green and were seen pursuing a fox and worrying sheep in a field near the church.
Read MoreNature Notes – November 2024
A third of all European curlew breed in Britain, many in the Dales and Northern Pennines. To help stem their decline, a research project rings the young birds and has fitted GPS trackers to 17.
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