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Nature Notes – January 2023
Ten years ago the sight or a photo of an otter on the Swale would have made the local newspapers. Today they are more common than kingfishers.
Read MoreFrom the Rectory – December 2022
The Christmas hype has started. I doubt many people look to the weeks before Christmas with the word ‘quiet’ in mind.
Read MoreSociable Warm Space
Volunteers from St. Radegund’s Church have agreed with the Coore Memorial Hall to hold open times this winter when Scruton residents can socialise in the village hall.
Read MoreNature Notes – December 2022
by Andy Johnson The Twelve Days of Christmas is an old English Carol* featuring mainly animals. A partridge is an English or grey partridge. Turtle doves are now rare but occasionally seen locally. French hens are thought to be Breton hens. Calling birds (or ‘colly’ in early versions) meant blackbirds. Gold rings were thought to…
Read MoreAdvent Displays 2022
Look out in Scruton windows & gardens for 24 days of Advent.
Read MoreFrom the Rectory – November 2022
November is a month of remembering, from All Saints to All Souls, to Armistice Day and then, ‘Remember remember the 5th of November’, fireworks and bonfires.
Read MoreNature Notes – November 2022
Tuesday 18 Oct. began sunny but by mid-afternoon the easterly wind and grey clouds brought a huge migration of red-wings and blackbirds from Scandinavia.
Read MoreDog Mess on the Village Green
The Parish Council have received a complaint from the grass cutters that they had to clean their machines from excessive dog mess after the last cut.
Read MoreNature Notes – October 2022
Summer is over and after a very good breeding season and swallows, house martins and swifts are on their way to Africa.
Read MoreHarvest Supper 2022
Scruton’s Harvest Supper will be on Friday 14th October at 7.30 pm in the Village Hall.
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