A month ago, we were praising the show of glorious Camellia along the Glen . They seem to be getting even better as spring approaches – or, as Friends of Glen Goyle working party member John Hopkins would have it: “it’s a very good year […]

Mid-November last year seemed to be a good time of year to go planting along the Glen. And it seems to be mid-February when we see the first crocus along the Glen. Bulbs certainly do very well on Glen Goyle, with the good drainage and dappled light […]

This time of the year belongs to the Camellia, giving us vibrant colours in the late winter gloom. FOGG volunteer John Hopkins was busy with fellow working party members this morning, but found a moment to take a shot of this fine specimen along the […]

Back in the spring of last year we looked at plans for bat boxes along the Glen.  In the previous summer, the Devon Wildlife Trust visited “the wonderful Glen Goyle” – and Katie Wilkinson, Wilder Communities Team Leader at the DWT, was not only shown around the Glen and […]

As the years go by and, hopefully, as the FOGG project progresses, it’s interesting to make comparisons. So, looking at very early spring along the Glen from February 2023, FOGG working party member Katie Frost noted that “the list of wildlife that session included three gold crests being […]

There’s been some interesting debate about what to call the brook, with the latest from only last month: What’s in a name? What to call the stream running through the Glen Goyle? Part three… And for such a small and short stream, it has quite a […]

Yesterday, a the blog piece The River Sid @ Sidmouth Nature appeared – looking at what the rich online resource Sidmouth Nature has to say about the Sid – and as the piece shows, that’s quite a lot. The website also has a lot on the hidden gem known […]

There are some fine photos of the Glen to be enjoyed online. Here’s one taken by Anthony Vosper, of the waterfall at the top of the Glen – from a couple of years ago, although it’s a view which can be seen at any time […]

Exactly a year ago, as the debate around local government reorganisation was taking off, we were asking the question: Who will manage what? As District and County Councils merge in ‘unitarisation’, we need to ask: How much ‘transfer of assets and responsibilities’ should there be? And as […]

It’s the time of the year to look back over the year – or at least for the Friends of Glen Goyle, it’s a good time to look back over the last months since the August 2025 newsletter and indeed the Spring 2025 newsletter. As for the last […]