A very big thank you to the kind donation from Plowman Craven who have supported the Batford Springs Volunteers for the past couple of years. We will be putting their money to good use purchasing new equipment to maintain the reserve.

Larks in the Parks is coming to Batford Springs Local Nature Reserve on Sunday 30th June 2013. There will be craft stalls, the duck race on the river to the ford and lots of activities for you to try. Visit the Batford Community Action Group website for more details.

You may have noticed a lot of activity lately! This is all down to the extremely helpful following volunteer groups who have given up their time to help us. A very big thank you to the Environment Agency, the students of the University of Hertfordshire, the following Scout troops from Harpenden, the 3rd, 4th, 9th and 10th. They have helped by picking up litter, chopping dead wood, digging up bramble roots, removing excess water cress from the chalk streams, clearing the nettles from the Lower Luton Road side and at the top of the meadow.