SPRINGING FROM SPRING HEIGHTS INTO AUGUST JUMPING

Stephen Lawson previews this year’s ST LAWRENCE HORSE SHOW, which will take place on 31 July and 1 and August   NOW in its fourth year, the Spring Heights Jumping charity event attracted over 100 entries in the 9 classes for juniors and 4 classes for seniors, held on 6 June at ‘Tamarind’, St Peter, […]

Jersey’s butterflies decline but slower than UK

Orange tip butterfly, pictures by Richard Perchard A ten-year study of Jersey’s butterfly population has shown that overall the Island’s species have declined, but at a lower rate than the UK. The Department of the Environment has co-ordinated the Jersey Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (JBMS) for the last ten years, depending on a team of unpaid […]

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR MAKES….

Before July 2014:  Plemont with the derelict holiday camp Plemont transformed: 30 June 2015 Pictures by Chris Brookes IN July last year the States voted in favour of giving the National Trust a grant of £3.575m to help acquire the site at Plemont. Following that momentous decision the Trust completed the purchase of the site […]