On the 14th July, JCC welcomed Castor Church of England Primary School to come and visit Castor Copse. Fifty- two students from Year 2 and Year 5 walked up to the wildlife area, each with their reading books to sit and enjoy the dedicated story time log seats. On their adventure, the children of Castor
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Steve Zealand
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Helen Prangue
Swaddywell’s visit from Stamford College
On the 14th and 15th of June, JCC were delighted to host some pupils from Stamford College at Swaddywell. Swaddywell was the site of a quarry from Roman times onwards and throughout the summer months it has a great display of up to eight orchid species as well locally rare species of butterly such as
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Join us at Castor Copse
Come join the JCC team at a site which Castor parish council have been improving over the last year, and help us increase and improve the habitats of this wonderful area ready for the yearly open afternoon on the same day. We will begin Saturday 18th June 2022 at 10 am and finish at 1pm
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Peterborough Celebrates Festival
The Peterborough celebrates festival was a wonderful event which the JCC team, as a part of PECT, were delighted to support. It was a celebration of thanks from the organisations and community groups across Peterborough, for the support over the last two years (Thankyou, Peterborough-Film ). Peterborough Celebrates took place across the weekend of 13th–
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Nature Recovery at Castor Copse
JCC would like to say a massive ‘thank you’ to the corporate work party from Marmalade, who kindly joined us on the 12th May to do some maintenance work within Castor Parish Council’s wildlife area, Castor Copse. The volunteers kindly helped maintain our wildflower meadow by pulling up unwanted grass and replacing sparse areas with
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Willowbrook Farm Festival
Amidst glorious sunshine, JCC were warmly welcomed by Rosemary Morton and the rest of Willowbrook farm at the Willowbrook Festival on May 22nd. We joined up with Langdyke Countryside Trust to create an inviting children’s’ activity area, where they could express themselves through various activities such as colouring in, sunflower seed planting and copper brass
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Marholm Wellbeing Walk
On the 21st May, JCC hosted a wellbeing walk around the Village of Marholm, a village on the eastern side of John Clare Countryside. The 5-mile route started in the village at 11am, and the group discussed a number of topics along the way such as the JCC nature recovery wildflower meadow in the centre
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New Habitats Created At Ufford Hall Orchard
On the 7th May, JCC hosted a work party opposite Ufford Hall in order to achieve a well planned Orchard, designed by Haynes Horticulture. The Ufford Hall Orchard consists of 72 beautifully varied fruit trees, including apples, pears, cherries, apricots, plums, peaches and damsons. This variety will encourage a number of pollinators, including bumble bees,
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