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Today, 10th August 2023 there was an unfortunate incident at the Tufa Field. While unloading temporary trackway at the entrance to the lane, the telehoist lifting trackway sections overturned with the driver inside. The 30 year old driver from… Continue Reading →
Today, 7th August 2023 saw the start of the destruction of the Tufa Field. Contractors engaged by Bath and North East Somerset Council once again used high power brush cutters and industrial mowers to cut down the nettle beds, despite… Continue Reading →
In this new feature, we examine in more detail the wide diversity of plant, animal and insect life to be found in the Tufa Field. We start with a plant familiar to some as the Butterfly Bush, or Buddleia Davidii…. Continue Reading →
This is an extract from the Channel 5 program “Secret Life of the Forest” broadcast on 8th March 2023. The parallels with our Tufa Field are striking and illustrate both the uniqueness and the potential for the field as a … Continue Reading →
BANES confirms plans to develop the Tufa Field
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At a meeting with residents on the 2nd March 2023 the Liberal Democrat led Bath and North-East Somerset Council confirmed its plans to develop the Tufa Field as a sheltered housing site. Contracts have been let for the development phase,… Continue Reading →
This is the statement made to Bath and North-East Somerset Council at the Special Council Meeting of 19th January 2023. ” I’d like to raise the question of urban green spaces and start by illustrating my point using the example… Continue Reading →
Meet Jude. It is August 2022. Jude is 8 weeks old. Already, he has witnessed the hottest day ever in the UK. A summer of extreme drought followed in the UK with hosepipe bans and warnings of a dry… Continue Reading →
High summer is the time when plants and insects dominate the Tufa Field. Around the main Tufa flush, sedges and rushes dominate, with grasses adapted for damp conditions also flourishing. The wide expanses of undisturbed nettle beds create ideal butterfly… Continue Reading →
One response to “Summer in the Tufa Field”
Many thanks for the informative article of summer in the field.
The information of the spring in the SE corner of the field may explain why our back lawn adjacent to the field is still a green colour even after this extended dry spell. In fact it was suggested by 2 persons that we must have been watering the lawn! Not the case.
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