News from Therfield Heath

Community News: Therfield Heath & Greens – Bins, Benches & Birds

Community News: Therfield Heath & Greens – Bins, Benches & Birds Following advice from Historic England, benches were removed from two scheduled ancient monuments on the Heath. These Bronze Age burial mounds are excellent viewpoints of the surrounding landscape but unfortunately, erosion from footfall was risking the future of these important archaeological features. Scrub is […]

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Therfield Heath Conservation Habitat Management

Therfield Heath Conservation Habitat Management Therfield Heath contains some of the richest chalk grasslands in England and is the largest of this habitat in the county. Most of the site is a designated Site of Special Scientific Interest for the diverse and rare chalk grassland species and specific insect species which live there. The conservation

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Therfield Heath Conservation – Volunteers Wanted!

Therfield Heath Conservation – Volunteers Wanted! Exciting projects are taking place on Therfield Heath, and we want as many people as possible to get involved in protecting and improving this beautiful nature reserve and important SSSI. Projects that our volunteer team will be tackling include: scrub removal; invasive species management; rare species monitoring; woodland management;

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Friends of Therfield Heath and Greens

Friends of Therfield Heath and Greens Grasslands are important as carbon sinks, part of the planet’s carbon cycle, which stores carbon dioxide from the atmosphere helping to keep the Earth’s temperature stable. Unfortunately, human activities upset the carbon cycle. It has been shown that having natural grasslands close to fields helps pollination due to the

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