Friends of Burgess Hill Green Circle Network

The Friends of Burgess Hill Green Circle Network manages and improves natural sites around the town. This is for the benefit of wildlife and for enjoyment.

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Light from the sun in the shadows. Green Circle this morning. Photo credit: Tom Boyle

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Taken on the Green Circle yesterday. The butterflies are still out and some hoverflies. Small White, Speckled Wood , Peacock and a Female Syrphus sp Hoverfly, and an acorn. Photo credit: Tom Boyle

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Macro image of a hoverfly.
Green Circle

ISO 200 60mm macro lens f7.1 1/60s flash.

Baccha elongata (female) 7–11 millimetres is a species of hoverfly (or flower fly) in the genus Baccha. The long, very slender body of this hoverfly is unmistakable.
Photo credit: Tom Boyle

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Have you read our article? It is in the Burgess Hill Community Ad magazine, Summer/Autumn issue

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Many thanks to Tom Boyle who has taken these photos at Malthouse Meadows, Green Circle 🦋🐝

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Photo credits, and thanks to @BurgessHillTC for all your support 🙂
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Our children’s safari event was a huge success yesterday. Many thanks to our volunteers who gave up their time to make it happen! Approximately 200 attended!

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We’ve had some great feedback including “lovely for the kids to be in the fresh air, and not in front of a screen”, “ I’ve never been here before!”, “ didn’t know Bedelands was here!” and “ thank you for running this free event”.

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A beautiful evening in Bedelands ☀️

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*Children’s Safari Wed 26 July* Weather dependent. No need to book, but all children must be accompanied

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**CANCELLATION***
The predicted strong winds could be potentially hazardous in the woods & are certainly not conducive to bat and moth activity! Subject to availability of our volunteers we will seek to reschedule this event on a future date over the Summer - watch this space 2/2

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**CANCELLATION***
Bats, Moths and Gloworms walk.
Due to the yellow weather warning issued by the Met Office for tomorrow we have reluctantly taken the decision to postpone the Bats, Moths and Gloworms walk in Bedelands 1/2

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A reminder of our next event. Saturday 15th July ⬇️

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Community road verge, Sussex Way, Burgess Hill this morning! @BurgessHillTC

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Check out this amazing grass snake found by our Maintenance Team in the Chanctonbury Allotments!
It is so important to preserve our natural spaces for wildlife such as this!

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A reminder of our next event. Saturday 15th July ⬇️

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Moths, Bats and Glow Worms walk 15th July 2023 9pm (meet 8.45pm) 🦇🦇🦇

Meet in the car park by the football club, Maple Drive.Join in a walk around Bedelands to hopefully see some moths, bats and glow worms.

All welcome. Free of charge, donations welcome.

Weather dependent!

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NIGHTINGALE MEADOWS

Part of the Green Circle we don’t talk about much on here. Just down from Batchelor’s Farm, quite a bit to see!

Saxby’s Halt, part of the Public Art Trail; pond with a bench to sit and rest; old oak tree; wild carrot and pyramidal orchids in the verges.