Conservation managers of one of Croydon’s sites of special scientific interest plead with public to behave responsibly when entering livestock areas
Avid viewers of Clarkson’s Farm (other farming TV shows are available) will have picked up on the importance of some grazing animals to efforts to increase or improve biodiversity in our green and open spaces.
Grazing machines: the flock has returned to Happy Valley
So nature lovers in Coulsdon were delighted last week to see the return to the Happy Valley nature reserve of a flock of grass-hungry sheep, let loose to graze the hillsides and open up areas of scrub to assist in the conservation of species of wildlife.
It is a poignant return, six months after the flock had to be removed for its own safety after a series of attacks by the pet dogs of members of the public. Continue reading
KEN TOWL, pictured left, took a super fast SuperLoop bus a couple of stops from East Croydon to the Bethlem Gallery and encounters a surprisingly engaging new exhibition about music, and the mind
The Croydon Insider, our monthly news podcast that delves behind the headlines, is available FREE to all reader this month, as a special, unrepeatable offer.
Michael Afonso was one of 11 murder victims in Croydon in 2023.
Tory MP hits out at Susan Hall’s mayoral election campaign as showing ‘no aspiration for what is an aspirational city’, while Green candidate Zoe Garbett becomes a London Assembly Member through the back door. WALTER CRONXITE wraps up the election fall-out
We’re delighted, in conjunction with the Talawa Theatre at the Fairfield Halls, to be able to offer our loyal readers a terrific money-saving offer on an acclaimed new piece of theatre, Love Steps, that has been described as “stirring and spirtual” and “sublime”.
