Stratford sub Castle Village Website
Salisbury, Wiltshire UK

Image: Jim Platt The snowdrops and aconites are at their peak at the moment.  I don't recall seeing so many aconites in the 15 years I...

Hudson's Field 11 February 2025 In Hudson's Field, adjacent to Castle Road, nine species of deciduous trees have been planted by...

Salisbury Library currently has a wonderful display of books to help identify birds you may see in your garden. Any one of those books...

Path cleared by Wiltshire Council near Waitrose, see earlier News below Wiltshire Council has reported: " Our Highways teams dealt with...

UPDATE 1 December:  The Devenish has now re-opened as planned. Notices at the Reserve indicate that for the benefit of the woodland and...

" This month's full moon, called the Hunter's Moon, is also a supermoon and happens to be the brightest of the year. It is the third of...

It's a lovely sunny day around Stratford sub Castle and a local resident has sent in this image of a Muntjac spotted today, together with...

On 31 August we reported that to support 'Asian Horne t Week' 2-8 September, Wiltshire Council had included in its regular update to...

Can you identify these wild flowers in the image below? Knapweed Oxeye Daisy Field Scabious Lady's Bedstraw Hedge Bedstraw Ragwort Mallow...

Update 28 May. Five surviving chicks fledged today. It had been a difficult time for the hard-working adults who had to find food for...

Jim Platt took these images on Friday evening.

... is worth a load of hay." [*] A swarm was collected from Gradidge Lane this morning, destined for a local garden. [*] A (17C?)...

The website was delighted to receive this message from a local resident today: "Walking along the east bank of the Avon Valley Nature...

On 31 December, 2023, a double rainbow was visible over Old Sarum. How do the two spectra differ in a double rainbow and why is the arc...

Dutch Elm disease wrought havoc on elms in copses and woods. Survivors are often solitary trees in hedgerows that kept socially distanced...