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Hedge-Laying on The Ridge

SR Webteam: 25/01/2021

How wonderful to see some of the traditional skills and techniques still being adopted on The Sandstone Ridge.Whilst out and about this week, a member of the Webteam spotted this piece of absolute artistry.As well as being a traditional rural skill, and therefore having intrinsic value...

Big Farmland Birdcount 2021

SR Webteam: 21/01/2021

The Big Farmland Bird Count returns in 2021, and organisers are asking farmers and land managers — who look after 71% of Britain's countryside — to join in.The project helps show which farmland birds are benefitting from conservation efforts while identifying the...

Zoom AGM

SR Webteam: 20/01/2021

It is terribly important to keep connected during these difficult times, not least during the latest lockdown.Whilst it has been impossible to meet in the normal way and whilst our volunteers and members have been a tad frustrated in undertaking practical project work, there is still an...

Star Count 2021

Campaign to Protect Rural England: 19/01/2021

The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) will be running a Star Count from 6-14 February 2021.Star-filled skies are one of the most magical sights our countryside has to offer.We want to reconnect people across the country with the wonder of a truly dark sky.Research shows that light...

RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch

SR Webteam: 18/01/2021

The RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch is back!The dates for this year's event are 29-31 January 2021.With more and more of us having taken enjoyment from our gardens during the pandemic, why not participate in the Big Garden Birdwatch this year?Over half a million people already regularly take...

The Dilemmas Facing the Ridge

SR Webteam: 05/01/2021

During the Covid pandemic, our 'magical landscape' has been under assault.On the one hand we welcome a broader range of new visitors to the Sandstone Ridge but, on the other hand, the consequences of increased visitor numbers in some locations on The Ridge, have created a raft of...

National Lockdown - Stay At Home

SR Webteam: 04/01/2021

Following the Prime Minister's announcement at 8pm on 4 January, the country (including all parts of the Sandstone Ridge) now enters the following restrictions: National lockdown: Stay at HomeYou must stay at home. The single most important action we can all take is to stay at home to...

Keeping Connected - SRT AGM

SR Webteam: 18/11/2020

It is terribly important to keep connected during these difficult times.Whilst it has been impossible to meet in the normal way and whilst our volunteers and members have been a tad frustrated in undertaking practical project work, there is still an opportunity to celebrate the work that has been...

A Hazard to Wildlife

SR Webteam: 18/11/2020

The Sandstone Ridge is ever more popular as individuals are out walking during the current lockdown.Last week's repeat of Julia Bradbury's walk on The Sandstone Trail, selected as one of Britain's 100 Best Walks, has also witnessed a surge in walkers.Regrettably, there has also been...

Beavers are Back!

Cheshire Wildlife Trust: 05/11/2020

Cheshire Wildlife Trust, a partner of the Sandstone Ridge Trust, is pleased to announce that beavers are back in Cheshire after 400 years following the release of a pair of Eurasian beavers into Hatchmere Nature Reserve on the edge of Delamare Forest!CLICK HERE to...

Big Butterfly Count 2020 Results

SR Webteam: 29/09/2020

The Covid-19 lockdown saw record numbers of individuals taking part in the Big Butterfly Count 2020.Despite a warm and sunny British summer, however, fewer butterflies than ever were recorded in each count by the biggest butterfly survey in the world.Worryingly this summer's Count has seen...

Kitty's View, Bickerton Hill

SR Webteam: 17/09/2020

When you are out walking on The Sandstone Ridge this Easter, pause a while at 'Kitty's Stone' on Bickerton Hill.This magical viewpoint is dominated by a touching memorial known as 'Kitty's Stone'.Kitty, for those of you who don't know, was the wife of Leslie Wheeldon...

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