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Nature’s Corner

NATURE'S CORNER Hello Folks, The saga of the baby birds is now almost over as most of them are now as large as their parents.  I’ve also noticed that there are far fewer birds on the feeders as they will be starting their 'Eclipse' (shedding the ... Read More

Camera Club

SAWBRIDGEWORTH CAMERA CLUB On a recent visit to the Paradise Wildlife Park at Broxbourne, we were not only told about the successful breeding of a baby Jaguar, some 4 months ago, but because the cub was not at the time on view to the general public, we were given a private ... Read More

Dear Reader

Dear Reader   I’m sure many of you will have noticed the work that has gone into the Hailey Centre Garden this year and we are looking forward to offering plants for sale on an ongoing basis.   Now that the heatwave is over let’s hope that we will get nice spell of sunny ... Read More

Nature’s Corner

Natures Corner   Hello Folks,   Good news, the baby birds are now coming into the garden in droves.  The young Blackbirds are grey brown in colour, the baby Sparrows are light brown and the Starlings have no white spots.  There are also tiny Blue Tits and little spotty fronted Robins with no tail ... Read More

Camera Club

SAWBRIDGEWORTH CAMERA CLUB   Our project to recreate The Last Supper went without a hitch and the resulting photograph can be seen in amongst the Big Cat photos on the wall in the Hall at the Hailey Centre. The task entailed a lot of preparation and our thanks go to Pat and ... Read More

Dear Reader

Dear Reader   Thank you to all those who supported us and all the volunteers who helped at the May Fayre and despite the cloudy day, £400 was made for the Centre.   Our Bacon Roll Saturdays (1st in the month) continue to do well and it’s lovely to see new faces.   Our plant stall ... Read More

Nature’s Corner

Natures Corner   Hello Folks,   As the weather is still cold, there are now lots of birds feeding in the garden, but as yet, no babies coming in. although plenty of birds are flying off with beaks full of food (a good sign). I think it is good to now see many sparrows ... Read More

Camera Club

SAWBRIDGEWORTH CAMERA CLUB   We are now in a quiet time for the Club during the Summer months which gives us a chance to re-charge our batteries (including the ones for our cameras!). We had one meeting on 20 May to photograph a modern day take on The Last Supper. This was ... Read More

Camera Club

At the end of April we will have finished our Spring Session of six meetings which began in February. Time certainly flies when you are having fun. Speaking of which, 29 members and their guests had a fantastic day at the Big Cat Sanctuary (BCS) at Ashford in Kent on ... Read More

Dear Reader

Dear Reader   I hope you all had a lovely Easter break.   There are a couple of dates for your diary for May, Monday 1st and Monday 29th May are bank holidays and the Centre will be closed.  The Centre will also be closed on Thursday 4th May as we are used as ... Read More