Insh Community

Spring 2025 newsletter

Owl boxes up and being monitored, an abundance of frogspawn in the pond, and the Cairngorms National Park Authority considering funding to upgrade the path through the holdings.

In this issue

  • Two owl boxes put up, one in the clearing and one at the top of the grazings, both actively monitored
  • All the bird boxes cleaned out and mapped, to track which birds are nesting where
  • Frogspawn in the pond, and work to raise the side wall with logs and turf to hold the water level for the tadpoles
  • The Cairngorms National Park Authority looking at funding to upgrade the footpath through the community holdings
  • The Christmas lights switch-on, with mulled wine, mince pies and the woodland lit up for the children
  • A work party on 9 April to thin young saplings, with four sets of loppers bought by the charity
  • Firewood processed and delivered, and a second log trailer built to help extract the wood
  • The OSCR audit accepted, and a new insurer found at a substantial saving to the charity
  • The AGM on 24 April, and membership renewals