Join one of our regular flora surveys at Long Meadow. Whether recently started identifying plants or having a lifelong interest, all are welcome to come and help monitor the 150 or so flora species found at the Meadow.

You don’t need to bring anything other than, perhaps, something to kneel on and suitable clothing. But if you have a wildflower or grass identification guide, bring it along.

If you are interested in coming along, please let us know in advance at sitemangers@abbeyfields.online to check if there are available places. (Group size is limited by equipment availability!).

We meet beside the fence at the village end of Long Meadow.

We are supporting the Feast Festival with a HIGS stall in the High Street.

Continuing our Connecting with Nature theme, we are hoping to talk to lots of people about what they know about accessible green spaces in the villages – from pocket parks to Croft Close Nature Reserve - and the opportunity to experience different aspects of nature that these spaces offer.

We will also showcase some of the work that we have been doing at the Abbey Fields sites to record the wildlife present and to further improve these sites for nature.

Of course, we will also be talking about our future plans, and how important volunteer support is to us.

We are supporting the Orchard Breakfast with a HIGS stall at the Community Orchard.

We will have activities for families. We are in the Community Orchard so we will be focusing on meadow plants and their pollinators.

The adjacent Histon Wood (aka the WI Wood) has a problem with invasive holm oak saplings. Find out what the problem is and what needs doing to improve things. Perhaps you could help next winter?

We will also be hoping to talk to lots of people about what they like about Long Meadow and Croft Close Nature Reserve; and, if we were going to change anything, what their suggestions might be. This is part of our ongoing process to develop site management plans for the next five year period.

We look forward to seeing you there.

See, close up, moths collected overnight. See birds in the hand and find out more about the birds to be found locally. Previously we have had a fantastic catch of moths, and our regular ringing team will have plenty to show you and tell you about our birds including our summer visitors.

Just pop along any time between 09:00 am and 11:00 am to see either of the demonstrations. We look forward to seeing as many children at the demonstrations as possible as there is nothing quite like the experience of getting really close to wildlife.

The event will be free. Donations to Histon & Impington Green Spaces to help with the upkeep of the site welcomed!

Join us at the Croft Close entrance to the Nature Reserve (CB24 9HU). Croft Close is a residential street so please respect our neighbours – as this is early come and leave quietly.

Please come dressed for the weather and rough ground.

Fingers crossed for fine weather!

St Andrew’s Histon Eco Church will be screening the award-winning film Pure Clean Water the chalk streams crisis in Greater Cambridge which asks ‘Is the Cambridge growth phenomenon about to be derailed by a shortage of water?’

Following the Film, there will be a panel discussion on some possible solutions - with representatives from Water Sensitive Cambridge (installing water gardens) and Ben Shin, a local water engineer, talking about his work on the reservoirs promoted by Anglian Water.

Tickets are £4 per person. Cash or card payment on the door.

For more information and to reserve tickets click here.

Or contact: office@standrewshiston.org

Join one of our regular flora surveys at Long Meadow. Whether recently started identifying plants or having a lifelong interest, all are welcome to come and help monitor the 150 or so flora species found at the Meadow.

You don’t need to bring anything other than, perhaps, something to kneel on and suitable clothing. But if you have a wildflower or grass identification guide, bring it along.

If you are interested in coming along, please let us know in advance at sitemangers@abbeyfields.online to check if there are available places. (Group size is limited by equipment availability!).

We meet beside the fence at the village end of Long Meadow.

Join one of our regular flora surveys at Long Meadow. Whether recently started identifying plants or having a lifelong interest, all are welcome to come and help monitor the 150 or so flora species found at the Meadow.

You don’t need to bring anything other than, perhaps, something to kneel on and suitable clothing. But if you have a wildflower or grass identification guide, bring it along.

If you are interested in coming along, please let us know in advance at sitemangers@abbeyfields.online to check if there are available places. (Group size is limited by equipment availability!).

We meet beside the fence at the village end of Long Meadow.

Join one of our regular flora surveys at Long Meadow. Whether recently started identifying plants or having a lifelong interest, all are welcome to come and help monitor the 150 or so flora species found at the Meadow.

You don’t need to bring anything other than, perhaps, something to kneel on and suitable clothing. But if you have a wildflower or grass identification guide, bring it along.

If you are interested in coming along, please let us know in advance at sitemangers@abbeyfields.online to check if there are available places. (Group size is limited by equipment availability!).

We meet beside the fence at the village end of Long Meadow.

Join one of our regular flora surveys at Long Meadow. Whether recently started identifying plants or having a lifelong interest, all are welcome to come and help monitor the 150 or so flora species found at the Meadow.

You don’t need to bring anything other than, perhaps, something to kneel on and suitable clothing. But if you have a wildflower or grass identification guide, bring it along.

If you are interested in coming along, please let us know in advance at sitemangers@abbeyfields.online to check if there are available places. (Group size is limited by equipment availability!).

We meet beside the fence at the village end of Long Meadow.

EVERYONE WELCOME!

Chivers’ field next to Holiday Inn, close to the A14.

Help a tree to survive and thrive by weeding and mulching around it – guidance will be given.

If you can, please bring your own: work gloves, spades, trowels, wheelbarrows, buckets, and a drink.

Note there’s no parking on site.

Download the poster here.

Come and try our annual children’s quiz with a nature theme. It's on Easter Saturday this year!

Pop along any time between 10:00am and 12:30pm and join us.

Entry for the nature hunt is £3 per child and every entrant will receive a prize when they finish.

We will have a FREE Activity Tent with play doh for younger children.

Cakes, hot drinks and squash will be on sale.

We will also have volunteers on hand to tell you more about what the charity is doing to look after both Long Meadow and Croft Close Nature Reserve.

Long Meadow is located off Park Lane, Histon. Enter through the hedge where you see the Abbey Fields flag. Please come dressed for the weather and the rough ground. Regrettably, there is no car parking here.

Fingers crossed for fine weather this year!

Why not join one of our regular work parties (second Saturday and third Tuesday of the month over the autumn and winter). All work parties will have a mix of activities, from light trimming to heavier manual work so there should be something for most.

We start at the Croft Close entrance to the Nature Reserve.

Please register in advance by emailing sitemanagers@abbeyfields.online . This allows us to let you know if the work party has to be cancelled, and also to ask you, if you can, to bring specific tools to suit the planned tasks.

Please come dressed for the weather, with stout footwear and gloves. Secateurs will always be handy.

The WI Wood – also known as Histon Wood – sits beside the Busway opposite Manor Field and the Histon & Impington Community Orchard.

In recent years this woodland has been invaded by evergreen oaks, an alien species: for more information see here. 

The Parish Council have been granted permission by Cambridgeshire County Council (who own the wood) to remove these alien oaks. 

There are several hundred saplings to remove! We are inviting volunteers to come and assist on:

• Saturday 11th January 10:30am to 12:30pm

• Saturday 25th January 2:30pm to 4:30pm

• Saturday 15th February 10:30am to 12:30pm

Please meet beside the Busway access track where the path dividing the two halves of the wood takes off.

Please wear suitable footwear and clothes and bring work gloves. We hope many of the saplings can be pulled out by hand, but some digging may be needed – so spades, trowels and forks might be useful.

Children are welcome where under the supervision and responsibility of a parent or carer but are not covered by the volunteers insurance for this activity.

The work is being done under the auspices of the Parish Council and is being supported by Histon & Impington Green Spaces.

All are welcome

It is not necessary to register in advance but it will help with our planning if you can drop a line to sitemanagers@abbeyfields.online to say you hope to join.

This REPLACES a scheduled work party at Croft Close.

We have an urgent need to complete the preparation of the ground ready for some more planting. This will involve grubbing out of bramble and digging over the soil ready to plant into.

We start by the fence at the village end of Long Meadow.

Please register in advance by emailing sitemanagers@abbeyfields.online. This allows us to let you know if the work party has to be cancelled, and also to ask you, if you can, to bring specific tools to suit the planned tasks.

Please come dressed for the weather, with stout footwear and gloves.

Why not join one of our regular work parties (second Saturday and third Tuesday of the month over the autumn and winter). All work parties will have a mix of activities, from light trimming to heavier manual work so there should be something for most.

We start at the Croft Close entrance to the Nature Reserve.

Please register in advance by emailing sitemanagers@abbeyfields.online . This allows us to let you know if the work party has to be cancelled, and also to ask you, if you can, to bring specific tools to suit the planned tasks.

Please come dressed for the weather, with stout footwear and gloves. Secateurs will always be handy.

We are developing our management plans for the next five years at Croft Close Nature Reserve and Long Meadow.

We want to hear your views. So please come along and share your thoughts with us.

We will be in Hall 2 at the Saint Andrew’s Centre, School Hill, Histon. Hot/cold drinks will be available

Drop in anytime between 12 noon and 3pm.

This REPLACES a scheduled work party at Croft Close.

We have an urgent need to complete the preparation of the ground ready for some more planting. This will involve grubbing out of bramble and digging over the soil ready to plant into.

We start by the fence at the village end of Long Meadow.

Please register in advance by emailing sitemanagers@abbeyfields.online. This allows us to let you know if the work party has to be cancelled, and also to ask you, if you can, to bring specific tools to suit the planned tasks.

Please come dressed for the weather, with stout footwear and gloves.

The WI Wood – also known as Histon Wood – sits beside the Busway opposite Manor Field and the Histon & Impington Community Orchard.

In recent years this woodland has been invaded by evergreen oaks, an alien species: for more information see here. 

The Parish Council have been granted permission by Cambridgeshire County Council (who own the wood) to remove these alien oaks. 

There are several hundred saplings to remove! We are inviting volunteers to come and assist on:

• Saturday 11th January 10:30am to 12:30pm

• Saturday 25th January 2:30pm to 4:30pm

• Saturday 15th February 10:30am to 12:30pm

Please meet beside the Busway access track where the path dividing the two halves of the wood takes off.

Please wear suitable footwear and clothes and bring work gloves. We hope many of the saplings can be pulled out by hand, but some digging may be needed – so spades, trowels and forks might be useful.

Children are welcome where under the supervision and responsibility of a parent or carer but are not covered by the volunteers insurance for this activity.

The work is being done under the auspices of the Parish Council and is being supported by Histon & Impington Green Spaces.

All are welcome

It is not necessary to register in advance but it will help with our planning if you can drop a line to sitemanagers@abbeyfields.online to say you hope to join.

Our friends at Orchard Park are holding an event which may be of interest.

Berry bush planting and mulching at the community orchard.

Wassailing at 3pm - bring a pan and wooden spoon to make some noise! Refreshments: hot mulled cider and apple juice.

Why not join one of our regular work parties (second Saturday and third Tuesday of the month over the autumn and winter). All work parties will have a mix of activities, from light trimming to heavier manual work so there should be something for most.

We start at the Croft Close entrance to the Nature Reserve.

Please register in advance by emailing sitemanagers@abbeyfields.online . This allows us to let you know if the work party has to be cancelled, and also to ask you, if you can, to bring specific tools to suit the planned tasks.

Please come dressed for the weather, with stout footwear and gloves. Secateurs will always be handy.

Why not join one of our regular work parties (second Saturday and third Tuesday of the month over the autumn and winter). All work parties will have a mix of activities, from light trimming to heavier manual work so there should be something for most.

We start at the Croft Close entrance to the Nature Reserve.

Please register in advance by emailing sitemanagers@abbeyfields.online . This allows us to let you know if the work party has to be cancelled, and also to ask you, if you can, to bring specific tools to suit the planned tasks.

Please come dressed for the weather, with stout footwear and gloves. Secateurs will always be handy.