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...

Arts & Crafts 2025: 21 June – 25 July

Jun 15, 2025 | What's on

 West Ox Arts is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition, "Arts & Crafts 2025," featuring the diverse talents of its members. The exhibition will be held at The WOA Gallery in Bampton, Oxfordshire, running from 21 June to 25 July. Arts & Crafts...