By Parklands Primary SchoolChildren from Parklands Primary School visited the Copse several times during the Summer Term 2009. Year 1 and 2 took photos and wrote what they thought of the place:
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Tom Broughton The trees of Brandy Hole Copse, Chichester’s only local nature reserve, are the focus of a newly created trail around the copse. Friends of Brandy Hole Copse (FBHC) have designed a leaflet, freely available to download from the website, Brandy Hole Copse Tree Trail, to highlight 12 species of the many and varied [...]
The 12th Chichester Cub Scouts tried out some orienteering with a difference in Brandy Hole Copse on 24th June. Twelve beautifully painted boards of creatures that live in the Copse were placed throughout the Copse. The Cubs then had to find all 12 boards using a map of the Copse as fast as they could. [...]
Good weather greeted the St Pauls’ Ladies Group evening walk around the Copse on Wednesday 11th July. The group were met by members of the committee for the Friends of Brandy Hole Copse to hear about why the Copse is important for nature conservation and a popular natural area to explore. The group heard about [...]
Nearly 50 people braved the pouring rain and chill of this May half term to spend a morning pond dipping in Willow and Cops ponds in Brandy Hole Copse. Lots of pond creatures were spotted including plenty of the popular newts and tadpoles. Keen eyes also spotted baby newts looking like a mini cross between [...]
I am writing these thoughts as the summer is coming to a close and autumn is slowly emerging. It has been such a hot summer, although August was less so, but the impact of the heat and lack of rainfall in June and July are very obvious all around us and no less so in [...]
