After much fretting about the weather – the sun finally came out on the afternoon of the 23rd July for us to enjoy the music of Dickie White and Friends while about 80 of us picnic-ed splendidly in the beautiful garden of The Old Mill House.  As always it was a most convivial afternoon, catching up with old friends and making some new ones with the added bonus of raising £1010 for FOSMA.
Thank you to everyone who came and supported us and to Tim and Karen Bestwick for their very generous hospitality.

On 8th July we were delighted to welcome Chris Mason, a local Swift expert, to Church House where he gave an introductory talk about these amazing birds while a dozen or so of us enjoyed a delicious tea.  Afterwards we embarked on a walk around part of the village where swifts were known to frequent, and learnt about their habits and habitats.  We were fortunate enough to see some swifts both entering and leaving some of their homes – ie special boxes attached to house walls – and also observe them screaming and swooping across the skies above us.  It was a most enjoyable and informative afternoon and we made £110 for FOSMA which was great.