Friends of the Meadows Newsletters
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Click on the links to open the newsletter as a pdf. All main items in each issue are listed. Every issue also contains the Meadows Log. To search for specific items, use Ctrl+F and type in the search word.
Newsletter 235 - Summer 2024: Meadows Mgmt/The value of connectivity; Balsam Bashing; Botany Walks; AGM notice; Deva Divas event
Newsletter 234 - Spring 2024: Meadows Mgmt, Great British Spring Clean; My Favourite Tree; Botany Walks; Tree Planting
Newsletter 233 - Winter 2024: Meadows Management; Meeting with Severn Trent; AGM talk: Our Drinking Water, AGM Chair's report
Newsletter 232 - Autumn 2023: AGM notice; Meadows Management; Botany Walks in 2023, What to look out for in Autumn
Newsletter 231 - Summer 2023: Meadows Mgmt, Botany Walks, Summit of the Dee; Eel Screens; Networks for Nature; Cheshire Bee Group
Newsletter 230 - Spring 2023: Queen's Park Bridge Centenary; Botany Walks; Public Events 2023
Newsletter 229 - Winter 2023: Further special Oak Trees; AGM Talk report "The Small Stuff"; Nature Recovery Corridor & Incredible Edible
Newsletter 228 - Autumn 2022: AGM Notice; Helping the Black Poplar; Cheshire Bee Group visit, Meadows Management
Newsletter 227 - Summer 2022: Meadows Management; Black Poplar Board; Botany Walks; Bumper Meadows Log
Newsletter 226 - Spring 2022: Botany Walks; Bee Group; Invasive Non-native species; Special Oak Trees; Black Poplar Board
Newsletter 225 - Winter 2022: Review of 2021; New Interpretation Boards; The Beauty of Sundials; Public Events
Newsletter 224 - Autumn 2021: AGM announcement; Information Boards; Global Warming and biodiversity on the Meadows
Newsletter 223 - Summer 2021: Site Management; Grasslands & Wildflower Meadows; Information Boards
Newsletter 222 - Spring 2021: Site management; Horse rescue; Dawn Chorus; Deva Terrace Folly
Newsletter 221 - Winter 2021: Emergency Sewage Works; Cattle Grazing, Deva Terrace folly; Postcode Local bid; Financial Report, Handbridge Neighbourhood Plan (NB Because of the Lockdown restrictions, delivery of these newsletters was delayed until early April)
Newsletter 220 - Autumn 2020: Annual Report; Meadows Management; Dee Hills House
Newsletter 219 - Summer 2020: Adele Edwards; Meadows Mgmt; Walmoor Hill; Swifts; Poem; Rust Fungi
Newsletter 218 - Winter 2020: Meadows Mgmt; Willow Scrub on Eaton Estate; Turtle Doves, Erddig's Thief-Cook; Snowdrops
Newsletter 217 - Autumn 2019: AGM announcement; Meadows Mgmt; Minerva Magic; Time to SHINE; Raft Race
Newsletter 216 - Summer 2019: Meadows Mgmt; Dog Warden Consultation; LMR poster; Heritage Walk; Bee Recording; Raft Race
Newsletter 215 - Spring 2019: Meadows Mgmt; Volunteers; Problems with Poo; Heritage Festival Walk; Public Events; Notice Board; A Nice Little Find
Newsletter 214 - Winter 2019: Meadows Mgmt; Trees of South Shropshire; ; New Website; Bithell Boats; Winter Tree ID Walk
Newsletter 213 - Autumn 2018: AGM; Meadows Site Management; Tree Survey; Sloe Gin
Newsletter 212 - Summer 2018: Himalayan Balsam; Balsam Bashing
Newsletter 211 - Spring 2018: Black poplars; Community Asset Consultation; Winter twigs, Aims & Objectives
Newsletter 210 - Winter 2018: Remembering Louisa Phyllis Brown; Admiral Robert Fitzroy
Newsletter 209 - Autumn 2017: AGM; Water-dropworts; Cattle grazing; Climate change, Admiral of the Dee trip
Newsletter 208 - Summer 2017: Gomphus Survey; History of Heronbridge, Ditch Rotation and Cut Removal
Newsletter 207 - Spring 2017: Winter Hedgelaying; Love Your Place Conference; Gomphus dragonfly, Events
Newsletter 206 - Winter 2017: Erddig; Assessing Habitat Regulations
Newsletter 205 - Autumn 2016: Meadows Management; AGM; Watersports Hub Developments; The State of Nature
Newsletter 204 - Summer 2016: Meadows Management; The Life Around Us; Botany Notes: Grassland;
Newsletter 203 - Spring 2016: Meadows Management; Botany Evenings; River Dee Source to Estuary; Purple Loosestrife
Newsletter 202 - Winter 2016: Remembering the Winter of 63; New Bench; Volunteers; Evolution of Honey Bees; Fungi
Newsletter 201 - Autumn 2015: Woundworts; AGM; Botany Walks; Painting by Cliff Davies; Meadows Delight for Dogs
Newsletter 200 - Summer 2015: 200th Issue; Grey Heron; Adele Edwards, "A Room with a View"; 1645 Siege of Chester
Newsletter 199 - Spring 2015: House Martin; Chester Croquet Club
Newsletter 198 - Winter 2015: Lesser Celandine; Report on AGM; Meadows Management Plan
Newsletter 197 - Autumn 2014: The Cranefly; AGM; Bellringing, a very English tradition
Newsletter 196 - Late Summer 2014: The Skylark; Meadows Walk and Pond dipping Event
Newsletter 195 - Summer 2014: Moths and Mankind; National Gardens Scheme: Barrel Well Hill
Newsletter 194 - Spring 2014: Primrose; Urban Foxes, Flooded Meadows; Chester Croquet Club
Newsletter 193 - Winter 2014: Busy Beaks; Meadows Caravan; High water
Newsletter 192 - Autumn 2013: The Mole; AGM
Newsletter 191 - Summer 2013: Honeysuckle; BBQ; Bat Walk; House Martins and Swallows; Tim Finch Obituary
Newsletter 190 - Late Spring 2013: The Cuckoo; Wildflower Walk
Newsletter 189 - Spring 2013: Tardigrades; Chester Croquet Club
Newsletter 188 - Winter 2013: Magical Mistletoe; Horses on the Meadows; Proposed Chester Watersports Centre
Newsletter 187 - Autumn 2012: European Eel; Green Space Strategic Review Cheshire West and Chester; AGM
Newsletter 186 - Summer 2012: Buttercups; BBQ on the Meadows; Tate of Cheshire Evening at the AGM
Newsletter 185 - Late Spring 2012: Chiffchaff; Wildlower Walk; Dawn Chorus Walk report
Newsletter 184 - Spring 2012: Violets; Planned Events; Waterways Strategy for Chester; Artists and the Meadows
Newsletter 183 - Winter 2011/12: The Bullfinch; Chester’s Greenbelt and evaluation; garden wildlife
Newsletter 182 - Autumn 2011: Autumn Colours; Bee keeping update; History of the Chester Ravens; Fine Art
Newsletter 181 - Summer 2011: Meadowsweet; Walk reports - Dawn Chorus and Butterflies
Newsletter 180 - Late Spring 2011: Red Campion; Events; The Meadows through the seasons
Newsletter 179 - Spring 2011: Goldfinches, bee keeping
Newsletter 178 - Winter 2010/11: Hibernation, Photo competition; History of the Meadows, Queens Park Brewery; Summer
Newsletter 177 - Autumn 2010: Fungi; Delivering Newsletters by Rita Hibbitt
Newsletter 176 - Late Summer 2010: Bracken; Nature Walk
Newsletter 175 - Summer 2010: The Daisy, Installation of the Nestboxes
Newsletter 174 - Spring 2010: Colt’sfoot and Butterbur, constitutional changes because of Council Changes
Newsletter 173 - Winter 2009/10: The Rook, Report of the AGM
Newsletter 172 - Summer 2009: Leeches and the last part of “The River Cruise”
Newsletter 171 - May/June 2009: The Stinging Nettle; River Cruise contd; History of Chester Regatta 2; Meadows in Spring
Newsletter 170 - March/April 2009: The Swift; River Cruise; History of Chester Regatta 1; QPHS Sports Plan
Newsletter 169 - Jan/Feb 2009: Charles Darwin; The Apple Tree, Meadows Poem, Croquet Club; The Birds by Rita Hibbitt
Newsletter 234 - Spring 2024: Meadows Mgmt, Great British Spring Clean; My Favourite Tree; Botany Walks; Tree Planting
Newsletter 233 - Winter 2024: Meadows Management; Meeting with Severn Trent; AGM talk: Our Drinking Water, AGM Chair's report
Newsletter 232 - Autumn 2023: AGM notice; Meadows Management; Botany Walks in 2023, What to look out for in Autumn
Newsletter 231 - Summer 2023: Meadows Mgmt, Botany Walks, Summit of the Dee; Eel Screens; Networks for Nature; Cheshire Bee Group
Newsletter 230 - Spring 2023: Queen's Park Bridge Centenary; Botany Walks; Public Events 2023
Newsletter 229 - Winter 2023: Further special Oak Trees; AGM Talk report "The Small Stuff"; Nature Recovery Corridor & Incredible Edible
Newsletter 228 - Autumn 2022: AGM Notice; Helping the Black Poplar; Cheshire Bee Group visit, Meadows Management
Newsletter 227 - Summer 2022: Meadows Management; Black Poplar Board; Botany Walks; Bumper Meadows Log
Newsletter 226 - Spring 2022: Botany Walks; Bee Group; Invasive Non-native species; Special Oak Trees; Black Poplar Board
Newsletter 225 - Winter 2022: Review of 2021; New Interpretation Boards; The Beauty of Sundials; Public Events
Newsletter 224 - Autumn 2021: AGM announcement; Information Boards; Global Warming and biodiversity on the Meadows
Newsletter 223 - Summer 2021: Site Management; Grasslands & Wildflower Meadows; Information Boards
Newsletter 222 - Spring 2021: Site management; Horse rescue; Dawn Chorus; Deva Terrace Folly
Newsletter 221 - Winter 2021: Emergency Sewage Works; Cattle Grazing, Deva Terrace folly; Postcode Local bid; Financial Report, Handbridge Neighbourhood Plan (NB Because of the Lockdown restrictions, delivery of these newsletters was delayed until early April)
Newsletter 220 - Autumn 2020: Annual Report; Meadows Management; Dee Hills House
Newsletter 219 - Summer 2020: Adele Edwards; Meadows Mgmt; Walmoor Hill; Swifts; Poem; Rust Fungi
Newsletter 218 - Winter 2020: Meadows Mgmt; Willow Scrub on Eaton Estate; Turtle Doves, Erddig's Thief-Cook; Snowdrops
Newsletter 217 - Autumn 2019: AGM announcement; Meadows Mgmt; Minerva Magic; Time to SHINE; Raft Race
Newsletter 216 - Summer 2019: Meadows Mgmt; Dog Warden Consultation; LMR poster; Heritage Walk; Bee Recording; Raft Race
Newsletter 215 - Spring 2019: Meadows Mgmt; Volunteers; Problems with Poo; Heritage Festival Walk; Public Events; Notice Board; A Nice Little Find
Newsletter 214 - Winter 2019: Meadows Mgmt; Trees of South Shropshire; ; New Website; Bithell Boats; Winter Tree ID Walk
Newsletter 213 - Autumn 2018: AGM; Meadows Site Management; Tree Survey; Sloe Gin
Newsletter 212 - Summer 2018: Himalayan Balsam; Balsam Bashing
Newsletter 211 - Spring 2018: Black poplars; Community Asset Consultation; Winter twigs, Aims & Objectives
Newsletter 210 - Winter 2018: Remembering Louisa Phyllis Brown; Admiral Robert Fitzroy
Newsletter 209 - Autumn 2017: AGM; Water-dropworts; Cattle grazing; Climate change, Admiral of the Dee trip
Newsletter 208 - Summer 2017: Gomphus Survey; History of Heronbridge, Ditch Rotation and Cut Removal
Newsletter 207 - Spring 2017: Winter Hedgelaying; Love Your Place Conference; Gomphus dragonfly, Events
Newsletter 206 - Winter 2017: Erddig; Assessing Habitat Regulations
Newsletter 205 - Autumn 2016: Meadows Management; AGM; Watersports Hub Developments; The State of Nature
Newsletter 204 - Summer 2016: Meadows Management; The Life Around Us; Botany Notes: Grassland;
Newsletter 203 - Spring 2016: Meadows Management; Botany Evenings; River Dee Source to Estuary; Purple Loosestrife
Newsletter 202 - Winter 2016: Remembering the Winter of 63; New Bench; Volunteers; Evolution of Honey Bees; Fungi
Newsletter 201 - Autumn 2015: Woundworts; AGM; Botany Walks; Painting by Cliff Davies; Meadows Delight for Dogs
Newsletter 200 - Summer 2015: 200th Issue; Grey Heron; Adele Edwards, "A Room with a View"; 1645 Siege of Chester
Newsletter 199 - Spring 2015: House Martin; Chester Croquet Club
Newsletter 198 - Winter 2015: Lesser Celandine; Report on AGM; Meadows Management Plan
Newsletter 197 - Autumn 2014: The Cranefly; AGM; Bellringing, a very English tradition
Newsletter 196 - Late Summer 2014: The Skylark; Meadows Walk and Pond dipping Event
Newsletter 195 - Summer 2014: Moths and Mankind; National Gardens Scheme: Barrel Well Hill
Newsletter 194 - Spring 2014: Primrose; Urban Foxes, Flooded Meadows; Chester Croquet Club
Newsletter 193 - Winter 2014: Busy Beaks; Meadows Caravan; High water
Newsletter 192 - Autumn 2013: The Mole; AGM
Newsletter 191 - Summer 2013: Honeysuckle; BBQ; Bat Walk; House Martins and Swallows; Tim Finch Obituary
Newsletter 190 - Late Spring 2013: The Cuckoo; Wildflower Walk
Newsletter 189 - Spring 2013: Tardigrades; Chester Croquet Club
Newsletter 188 - Winter 2013: Magical Mistletoe; Horses on the Meadows; Proposed Chester Watersports Centre
Newsletter 187 - Autumn 2012: European Eel; Green Space Strategic Review Cheshire West and Chester; AGM
Newsletter 186 - Summer 2012: Buttercups; BBQ on the Meadows; Tate of Cheshire Evening at the AGM
Newsletter 185 - Late Spring 2012: Chiffchaff; Wildlower Walk; Dawn Chorus Walk report
Newsletter 184 - Spring 2012: Violets; Planned Events; Waterways Strategy for Chester; Artists and the Meadows
Newsletter 183 - Winter 2011/12: The Bullfinch; Chester’s Greenbelt and evaluation; garden wildlife
Newsletter 182 - Autumn 2011: Autumn Colours; Bee keeping update; History of the Chester Ravens; Fine Art
Newsletter 181 - Summer 2011: Meadowsweet; Walk reports - Dawn Chorus and Butterflies
Newsletter 180 - Late Spring 2011: Red Campion; Events; The Meadows through the seasons
Newsletter 179 - Spring 2011: Goldfinches, bee keeping
Newsletter 178 - Winter 2010/11: Hibernation, Photo competition; History of the Meadows, Queens Park Brewery; Summer
Newsletter 177 - Autumn 2010: Fungi; Delivering Newsletters by Rita Hibbitt
Newsletter 176 - Late Summer 2010: Bracken; Nature Walk
Newsletter 175 - Summer 2010: The Daisy, Installation of the Nestboxes
Newsletter 174 - Spring 2010: Colt’sfoot and Butterbur, constitutional changes because of Council Changes
Newsletter 173 - Winter 2009/10: The Rook, Report of the AGM
Newsletter 172 - Summer 2009: Leeches and the last part of “The River Cruise”
Newsletter 171 - May/June 2009: The Stinging Nettle; River Cruise contd; History of Chester Regatta 2; Meadows in Spring
Newsletter 170 - March/April 2009: The Swift; River Cruise; History of Chester Regatta 1; QPHS Sports Plan
Newsletter 169 - Jan/Feb 2009: Charles Darwin; The Apple Tree, Meadows Poem, Croquet Club; The Birds by Rita Hibbitt