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Friends of Studham Common

Friends of Studham Common (FOSC) is a friendly informal voluntary group. Our aim is to conserve, maintain, improve and promote Studham Common as a haven for wildlife and a place to be enjoyed and appreciated by all.

We warmly welcome new members of all ages and support of all kinds.  Join us any time to help keep the Common beautiful for everyone.

As part of its remit, FOSC encourages interest in the local environment, and helps to engage youngsters in local rural crafts of bygone years. Here a young member of Studham lower school’s Nature Club gets to grips with the fine art of Straw Plaiting.  For more details, click here

How tidy do you want the Common?

Some local residents wonder whether Studham Common is “over-managed”.

To read our aims and views, please click here

2008 ‘Big Bash’ Work Party

The Friends of Studham Common took advantage of some delightful late summer sunshine to do battle with the encroaching bracken and scrub on the Middle and West Common on Saturday 20th September. Our work party attracted 14 keen and energetic volunteers, and by the end of the day a significant area of the common had been given its much needed trim and tidy up.

If you fancy a little exercise in the fresh air, while helping to maintain a beautiful environment on Studham Common, why not come and join our next work party on Saturday 20th June? We meet at the war memorial at 9.00am. More info from Don (Tel: 872937).

September Work Party

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What a tremendous day! Well done to the 47 people, from Studham and beyond, who turned out on a lovely bright day on Saturday 26th Jan for our major work party of the year. The result?  500 new hedgerow plants on Middle Common, 30 gorse plants along Byslips Rd and a lot of scrub cleared, including some scalloping of the Eastern boundary to make a better environment for wildlife. If you haven't seen the results, do go along to have a look. You will be impressed.   

Our sincere thanks to all who contributed, including, of course, those who kept us so well sustained with a hearty breakfast, a splendid lunch and a great tea to wrap up the day.

To see more photographs of the September 2008 work party, click here

A well-earned breather!

The Peasants are Revolting

Civil unrest in Studham in January 2009.

General Grozier marshals his forces to restore order

It was not a pretty sight: thankfully all too un-Common in Studham

Latest reports suggest that a crowd of some 50 to 60 people eventually took their frustration out on local vegetation ... for more pictures, click here >>