Fen| News Community Thinking Global… Acting Local! HADDENHAM CONSERVATION SOCIETY IN ACTION, AS MARTHA HOW REPORTS…
It was as far back as 1984 that a group of like-minded Haddenham villagers got together because they were concerned about a one-acre dilapidated orchard that was coming up for auction. The group raised £4,800 in pledges to buy the land which was home to abundant plant and animal life. Despite their valiant efforts, they were outbid by a housing developer. Undeterred, the group’s prime movers Ann Biggs, Judy Smith, Jake Allsop, Geoff Durrant, Richard Fenner, Robert Norman, Roger Fife, Len Wood and Paul Mason, decided to form the Haddenham Conservation Society.
The objectives of the group
were and still remain: • Practical assistance to the Parish Council maintaining ponds, hedges, green spaces, trees etc. • Survey work on plant, bird, mammal and reptile species in the parish. • Buy/manage areas for
Above: HCS has made a positive difference to local habitat to the benefits of occupant like the Barn Owl. Pic. Simon Stirrup
conservation purposes. • Run events and provide written and digital information about local and global wildlife and conservation for members. • Understand land use laws and the Wildlife and Countryside Act and influence future development of the area to protect wildlife. Over the following 37 years, the HCS has delivered on every one of these objectives.
HANDS ON
Left: Over nearly four decades, the HCS has helped maintain areas like the River Ouse at Aldreth. Pic. Simon Stirrup
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In 1987, the group established a wildlife garden for the disused Old Burial Ground on Church Lane transplanting wildflowers from Monks Wood. Regular maintenance days take place to trim the lime trees and encourage the spread of native wildlife
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