This Saturday is Sherborne's Big Breakfast. Details below.
In my opinion the cause that money is being raised for is the most worthy local charity I think there is.
Kate's Nursing Care provides free hospice care at home, and is highly respected. It's a very good cause . A tenner for breakfast ain't bad too. Eggs from Sandy Hill Farm as well! Plus it's a real community event. Be there or be hungry on Saturday.
Serena reports the first sight this year of Housemartins, inspecting a previous nest by her house. Serena carefully records their appearance every year and says that they almost always appear 12-15th April so that's bang on schedule. Although swallows have been seen also, no sign of the usual
You will recall that at the last Windrush Catchment Partnership I raised concerns about the continuing discharge of Sherborne's sewage into the Windrush river system at Bourton Sewage Treatment works without treatment - over 1000 hours so far this year. No Thames Water representative was able to attend.
Rosi has reported two swallows today. At the end of March, that is notably early, though not without precedent. Our records show the first swallow last year arrived around 7th April, itself a week ahead of the typical mid-April arrival. Whether these two are settling here or simply passing through
(Because sometimes these are the two most important elements of Sherborne's history, and natural history - they are a theme which runs across the millenia) Some good news this week, and one piece of decidedly bad news. Let us start with the good. Ancestor Oaks: A Milestone Reached