The Tufa Field

Destruction of a habitat

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Images from the Tufa Field – 13/11/2020

The night is when the Tufa Field comes alive. Here’s the sound of a Vixen calling. Sound travels far at night, but we also caught the sound of probably illegal poaching nearby. The Meandering Badger… with the sound of a… Continue Reading →

Slow Worm Investigation at the Tufa Field

So another embarassing event for BathNES Council. The Council has concluded its ‘investigation’ and decided that ‘no slow worms were harmed during the clearance of the Tufa Field’. We are left to conclude that this was in fact an act… Continue Reading →

BBC Radio4 – Translocation

Translocation is a live subject at the moment. Listen to this piece from the BBC R4 Today programme about HS2 and translocation. The idea that people can somehow re-create habitats that nature has spent years building, veers between arrogance and… Continue Reading →

Images from the Tufa Field – 19/10/2020

The Tufa Field Interviews -BBC Radio Bristol 16/10/2020

Here’s a link to an interview on BBC Radio Bristol’s Emma Britton show. The Slow worm massacre, planning decisions and the Ecological emergency are covered in the discussion.

To our Childrens’ Childrens’ Children

The decisions we make today; the way we order our lives; the issues we avoid and put off; these don’t just affect us and the immediate future, but those who come when we have gone. Here’s a thinking problem. What… Continue Reading →

Sorry seems to be the easiest word

The crass killing of Slow Worms and an unknown number of amphibians and small mammals in the Tufa Field last month has rightly led to local and national outrage and a police investigation. No doubt at some time, the hapless… Continue Reading →

Cabinet meeting

This week’s BATHNES cabinet meeting will include representations from the FELF group. The meeting is available to view on Zoom and starts at 18:30 on Thursday. Undoubtedly questions will be asked about the Tufa Field Slaughter and the ongoing Ecological… Continue Reading →

Images from the Tufa Field – 05/10/20

This week’s images from our cameras and from contributors.

Storm Alex

Approximately 26mm of rain fell over the weekend, directly onto our field, that equates to about 220 cubic metres of water. In addition, the feeding springs from Odd Down added to this. Of course all of this was absorbed by… Continue Reading →

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