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Mushroom dish served at the Mushroom Extravaganza. Photo: Tim Phillips

Mushroom extravaganza – a taste of mushroom magic!

David Allen of Quantock Nature reflects on the culinary delights served up at last week's Mushroom Extravaganza
Wellington Monument in the distance on a bright day

Appointment of Special Appointees to the AONB Management Group

Blackdown Hills AONB Partnership is currently inviting applications for a special appointee to its management group.
Connecting the Culm visit to National Trust Killerton. Photo: Steve Johnson

Getting underway with the Connecting the Culm project

Read our latest update on the Connecting the Culm project. Connecting the Culm is part of the wider ‘Co-Adapt’ programme,...
Sunlight peeping through tree trunks and across leaf covered forest floor

100 years of the Forestry Commission

This year the Forestry Commission celebrates its centenary. In this article, Julian Ohlsen of Tilhill Forestry tracks the history of...
Folly Farm group

Somerset’s Nature and Wellbeing Network – initial gathering

September saw the inaugural gathering of Somerset's new Nature and Wellbeing Network. Here Kristen Lambert, Nature and Wellbeing project coordinator...
Painted Lady Butterfly

Autumn watch on the Stockland Turbaries

In the parish of Stockland, following the Enclosures, a number of pockets of land remained as common land and became...
Wellington Monument. Photo: Calnan

Work to repair the Wellington Monument begins

The project to repair the National Trust’s Wellington Monument is taking an exciting step forward as work on site is...
Blackdown Hills Healthy Living Centre building

We’ve moved!

Blackdown Hills AONB team is on the move. Please note our new contact details.
A wide landscape with a patchwork of fields and hedgerows and hills in the background

AONB response to the Designated Landscapes Review

On Saturday 21 September, the final report on the government's designated landscapes review was published. Here, the National Association for...
Blackdown Hills AONB team

Welcomes and farewells

Blackdown Hills AONB staff changes and changes to our management group