FEBRUARY 10 2024 – THE SATURDAY WALK – ‘KINGFISHER-HUNTING IN IFIELD BROOK’ – “NO KINGFISHERS – BUT FOUND SOME CATKINS, A YELLOW ROSE AND AN UNUSUAL TREE TRUNK!” – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

Today, Saturday, seven of us went ‘Kingfisher-hunting’ in Ifield Brook – braving the muddy conditions. We found no kingfishers, but we did find some catkins, a yellow rose and an unusual tree trunk! A good walk in even better company.

Richard Symonds

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 10 2024 [SATURDAY] – ‘KINGFISHER TALK AND WALK’ – “PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT FORM TO FILL IN THIS MONTH” – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH IN IFIELD VILLAGE [RETURN BY 1PM]

 

 

West of Ifield – “I think it’s the name that misleads people….this one seems to be flying under the radar, despite the fact that it will be one of the most disruptive developments”

Lisa Keys

FEBRUARY 10 2024 [THIS SATURDAY] – ‘KINGFISHER-HUNTING’ IN IFIELD’S PROPOSED NATURE AND HERITAGE PARK WITHIN THE ANCIENT PARISH – 11AM FROM THE PLOUGH [RETURN BY 1PM] + BBC RADIO SUSSEX ‘BLINK & YOU’LL MISS IT’ SPOT [FEB 6 7.25AM]

 

FEBRUARY 8 2024 – IS THE ‘LAND GRAB & DUMP’ HORSHAM PLAN UNSOUND, LEGALLY NON-COMPLIANT AND IN BREACH OF THE DUTY TO COOPERATE? IS HORSHAM IN BREACH OF THE DUTY TO CO-OPERATE [WITH CRAWLEY REGARDING THE WEST OF IFIELD RURAL FRINGE] ? – “A MASTERPLAN WHICH TOTALLY DISRESPECTS ‘THIS AREA OF LOCALLY SPECIAL RURAL FRINGE, THE NATURE CONSERVATION AND RECREATION VALUE, ITS POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE URBAN EDGE, AND LINKS TO THE WIDER COUNTRYSIDE’ SHOULD BE WITHDRAWN WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY

 

FEBRUARY 7 2024 – “THE HORSHAM LOCAL PLAN IS ONLY WORKABLE IF ‘WEST OF IFIELD’ BECOMES A LOCAL NATURE RESERVE” – RICHARD W. SYMONDS – THE IFIELD SOCIETY