Stonesfield Scout Duck race – 12 July

Jul 2, 2025 | What's on

The annual Stonesfield Scout Duck race will be on 12 July from 5pm. See you down by the Evenlode Bridge They seem to have been breeding as we now have 1,800 of them! Please take the opportunity to sell these to friends and family, as well to colleagues at work. 1st...

SSSC turns thirty: 25 – 27 July

Jul 2, 2025 | What's on

This year is a very special year, as Stonesfield Sports and Social Club turn 30 years old. As a result we are having an exciting birthday weekend with lots to do! Friday 25 July there will be a big Birthday Raffle – you can get your numbers now from behind the bar...

Village Idiots – 26 July

Jul 2, 2025 | What's on

On Saturday 26 July from 7pm the Village Idiots will be playing a free outdoor show at Stonesfield playing field. Admission is free, with the Sports & Social Club running an outdoor bar and BBQ /burger food.

Combe cream teas

Jul 2, 2025 | What's on

You are invited to enjoy cream teas in the delightful garden of Combe Reading Room. These will be held every Sunday from 13 July until 24 August, 2:30-5 pm. Each Sunday is hosted by a different organisation from the village, which share the proceeds at the end of the...

Two more firsts

Jun 29, 2025 | Community Action news

At a time when so much news on insects is poor, we have more good news; another couple of ‘fantastic firsts’ for the village. The first ‘first’ is a nationally scarce hoverfly – Parasyrphus nigritarsis (Zetterstedt, 1843) – a beneficial stripy yellow and black...

Bagg’s Bottom: Integrated blackthorn management

Jun 29, 2025 | Community Action news

Bagg’s Bottom, part of the Stonesfield Common, Bottoms and Banks SSSI in West Oxfordshire, is a rare chalk grassland ecosystem. With its complex topography, spring-fed slopes, ancient pollards, and upright brome-dominated grassland, it represents a landscape shaped by...

A new butterfly species for Stonesfield

Jun 29, 2025 | Community Action news

The Brown Hairstreak butterfly (Thecla betulae) has not been observed in our parish so far this century. Late in the evening on 16 May 2025, several larvae of this species were observed and photographed along Bagg’s Bottom, detected using an ultra violet light on the...