by Sandra Sykes | Jul 15, 2009 | Tourism, Wildlife
Back to Tourism Films Back to Wildlife Films We hear how local nurseryman William Lucombe developed this hybrid which became an instant status symbol. This oak in Phear Park is thought to be the second largest in the country, with a girth of 8m and standing over 30...
by Sandra Sykes | Jul 15, 2009 | Tourism, Wildlife
Back to Tourism Films Back to Wildlife Films The holly tree at East Budleigh is a mark tree, probably marking the boundary between two hamlets which have merged to form the village we know today. Unlike the Salcombe Regis Thorn there’s no written record of this...
by Sandra Sykes | Jul 15, 2009 | Tourism, Wildlife
Back to Tourism Films Back to Wildlife Films The film recounts how there’s been a hawthorn tree at this exact place for well over a thousand years as the nearby farm is recorded in the Doomsday Book as Thorn Farm. Indeed legend has it that if the thorn tree...
by Sandra Sykes | Nov 28, 2008 | Wildlife
Back to Wildlife Films This is one of a series of films commissioned by The National Trust to to be played as a loop at The Wicken Fen Visitor Centre and for use on their website. At first glance, the sedge fields, fen meadows, reed beds and waterways appear to be...
by Sandra Sykes | Nov 28, 2008 | Wildlife
Back to Wildlife Films One of a series of films commissioned by The National Trust to to be played as a loop at The Wicken Fen Visitor Centre and for use on their website. The Wicken Vision is the biggest nature conservation project in lowland England. It will expand...
by Sandra Sykes | Nov 28, 2008 | Tourism, Wildlife
Back to Tourism Films Back to Wildlife Films A fascinating insight into the lifestyle of the herd of Konik Ponies, which can be enjoyed by visitors to Wicken Fen. The Konik ponies, a hardy wetland specialist breed, were brought in by The National Trust to mange their...