Check out our YouTube playlist for the Calne Community Nature Reserve, featuring seasonal advice and mindful minutes:
Winter Butterflies by Nick Self
You may think that there’s nothing that can be done for butterflies during late autumn and winter, but that’s not always the case. Most of our butterflies overwinter as an egg, a pupa, or a caterpillar, but some do overwinter as an adult butterfly. This group includes red admiral, small tortoiseshell, peacock, comma and brimstone.
Usually these butterflies will find a cool, dry place such as a shed or garage where they go dormant and await the following spring. If you do find a butterfly in your shed or out-building and it’s not moving, then it is best left right where it is. Remember though that unless the shed has gaps around the door or windows, they will need to be let out again in spring.
If you find a butterfly in your house during the depths of winter, if it is not moving, leave it where it is. If it’s flying around, catch it in a shoe box, wait for it to calm down and then relocate to a shed or other dry, cool place.
Calne Tale Trail app
The new Calne Wordfest trail app is now live.
I was very glad to be part of the team that has created this fantastic app, 10 months in the making, and look forward to it becoming a fantastic resource for the town 
Head over to app.calnewordfest.co.uk to check it out!
Happy walking!
Planting The Knapp Orchard, Calne
An update from our Chair:
Yesterday, I was very grateful to be part of a River Warriors Calne project to create a small orchard at The Knapp.
While most of the physical work was done by other members of the team, I chose and sourced the self-fertile trees and was onsite to provide support and some advice about the planting of the trees.
We have planted:
Damson - Prunus Merryweather
Pear - Pyrus communis ‘Conference’
Apple - Malus domestica ‘Arthur Turner’
Cherry - Prunus cerasus 'Morello'
Pear - Prunus domestica ‘Avalon’
With this massive project done, I have now updated the management plan, which is available here:
Thanks to Tam for involving me and to the fantastic team that make it such a joy to be out in the rain!
Hedgehog-Friendly Gardening
With hedgehog numbers in such sharp decline there are so many things that we can all do to help, from
something as simple as leaving a shallow dish of water in our gardens to allowing hedgehogs to freely access our gardens.
It would be amazing if Calne could become a Hedgehog friendly town.
Calne in Bloom Tree of the Year Competition 2021
Welcome to Autumn!
If you're looking forward to the beautiful autumn colours that are about to appear, it would be fantastic to see your entries in Calne's Tree of the Year Competition for 2021.
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