Dry Drayton Nature Notes
Here we will build a collection of monthly nature notes for Dry Drayton.
You can find here information about regular and more unusual sightings of Parish flora and fauna. You can also e-mail your sightings or queries to us to add to this section of the site.
Dry Drayton Nature Notes for: January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
If local natural history is starting to interest you, there is plenty going on near to Dry Drayton. Why not join one of the local or national conservation organisations active in this part of Cambridgeshire.
- Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire and Peterborough Wildlife Trust manages numerous nature reserves in Cambridgeshire, which are open to members. Their new headquarters is nearby at Cambourne and they have an extensive programme of local events and courses for members.
- The Royal Society For The Protection Of Birds has its headquarters at nearby Sandy, and nature reserves at Fowlmere and the Ouse Washes.
- The National Trust runs a magnificent reserve at Wicken Fen.
- We are also very lucky to have nine National Nature reserves in this area, chosen for their importance nationally and managed by English Nature.
For More local natural history information:
- The Village Millennium publication, "Gallows Piece to Bee Garden" contains extensive nature notes of Dry Drayton in the Millennium year, by Val Perrin,
- Our monthly Village Newsletter has an excellent natural history column by Anne Harley
- In 1876 the then Rector of Dry Drayton, Rev F.A.Walker, published a history and natural history of Dry Drayton, which included an account of the flora and fauna of the Parish nearly 130 years ago.