PUFFINS HAVE A PUFFLING
By Cris Sellares, project officer for ‘Birds on the Edge’, National Trust for Jersey All Jersey Puffins are back in their nests – and some already have a puffling! The National Trust for Jersey and Birds On The Edge are delighted to confirm that all four pairs of Puffins have returned to their breeding sites […]
JERSEY’S FARMING FUTURE: A NEW STRATEGY FOR THE RURAL ECONOMY
Increased financial grants for farmers, new incentives for smallholders, and an apprenticeship scheme to encourage young people into agriculture are just some of the policies outlined in the Government’s new strategy for the rural economy. The 63-page ‘Rural Economic Framework’ sets out policies for managing Jersey’s countryside and ‘revitalising’ the Island’s current ‘fragile economic ecosystem’. […]
‘CHECK BEFORE YOU CHOP’ THIS BRANCHAGE SEASON
Local conservation campaigners are urging islanders to check for hedgehogs and other wildlife before they give their banques and hedges the chop this branchage season. Ahead of the Island’s first wave of Visites du Branchage, which begin at the end of June, the Branchage Group is encouraging landowners to ‘do the right thing’ by cutting […]
PLANTING A TREE (OR THREE) ON THE QUEEN’S JUBILEE
From the National Trust for Jersey: To help celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in 2022, the Lieutenant-Governor, Air Chief Marshal Sir Stephen Dalton and his wife, Lady Dalton, will be joining sponsors and supporters to plant seven ceremonial trees to kick-start a project that aims to add 700 trees and 700 shrubs, to a new […]
JUNE WILD WATCH: WHERE TO SEE WILD ORCHIDS
Orchids bloom just once a year so make the most of this summer spectacle with a visit to Jersey’s wild orchid hotspots. There are 10 different species of wild orchid in Jersey, which flower from late spring to summer. Some are bright and bold, while others are soft and subtle. Many of these species are […]
BRANCHAGE INSPECTION DATES PUBLISHED FOR 2022
The first wave of Jersey’s branchage inspections will begin at the end of June, when parishioners are legally required to cut back any vegetation overhanging roads and footpaths as part of the Island’s century-old tradition. Starting on Wednesday 29 June in St Lawrence, the inspections will take place in each Parish up until Thursday 14 […]
GARDEN PARTY – TO BENEFIT ST JOHN AMBULANCE
A garden party is being held by St John Ambulance at the home of the late Philip Hewat-Jaboor: La Maison de la Fontaine, Le Mont Perrine, St Lawrence, from 18.00 to 20.30 on Wednesday 8 June, by kind permission of Rod Keenan and the late Philip Hewat-Jaboor. The cost is £25.00 per person, with free […]
JERSEY RIDER QUALIFIES FOR RIDING FOR THE DISABLED NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Ryan Le Monnier (25) has just returned from a successful visit to the Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) Southwest Regional Dressage and Countryside Qualifier in Cornwall. Ryan, who is autistic and has dyspraxia, came first in the Grade seven dressage walk/trot class of the competition, out of six competitors, and has now qualified for […]
THE REALLY GREAT GARDEN BAT WATCH – 2 JUNE TO 5 JUNE 2022
From the Jersey Bat Group: ‘Please join the Jersey Bat Group for the fourth Great Garden Bat Watch!‘This event combines the joy of (hopefully!) watching bats with citizen science based research that can help us better understand bats across Jersey.‘We are particularly keen to receive sightings of bats from St Helier and other urban areas around the Island to help us with our research into Jersey’s urban […]
WHAT’S ON: THINGS TO DO IN JERSEY THS JUNE
The bunting is out and the flags are ready – this month is packed with events celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and beyond. Here are some of the best exhibitions, talks, walks and shows happening in June. Saturday 4 June – St Peter’s Valley’s Royal heritage Commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee and enjoy a visit to […]