4th December 2025
It’s been an exciting year for River Thame Conservation Trust’s (RTCT) Cuttle Brook Channel & Floodplain Restoration Project! In partnership with Thame Town Council and the Cuttle Brook Conservation Volunteers (CBCV), RTCT has made significant progress in restoring this special stream and its surrounding habitats.
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27th November 2025
This week fencing was installed to protect the sensitive habitat emerging in the two new Wetland scrapes.
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13th November 2025
Following the creation of two new Wetland scrapes in Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve in February this year, the Cuttle Brook Conservation Volunteers approached Thame Town Council to as for approval to put a fence around these areas.
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17th October 2025
The results are now in for the first survey of plant growth in the new Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve scrapes. These results are for what can only be described as an unusual first growing season, following winter floods with an extended drought resulting in much lower summer soil moisture levels than we would normally expect.
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7th August 2025
Cuttle Brook Volunteers were busy last week cutting and spreading green hay over areas of spoil in the south meadow.
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29th May 2025
Cllr Andy Gilbert, and officers of Thame Town Council, the Environment Agency and members of Cuttle Brook Volunteer Committee were joined by Freddie van Mierlo, MP for a tour of Cuttle Brook Local Nature Reserve last Thursday.
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24th April 2025
On Sunday 27 April, if you are walking through Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve, you may notice volunteers installing a temporary fence around the new wetland scrape in the meadow above Watkins Bridge. Please do say hello and feel free to ask any questions about the project. Why is the fencing needed? The new […]
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17th April 2025
The Soil Mound in Cuttle Brook is being Lowered, Spread and Seeded Next Week.
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17th April 2025
Want to get your hands dirty? Join the Cuttle Brook volunteers this Sunday.
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10th April 2025
Thame Town Council was recently approached by members of the Chiltern Vale Residents Association to provide answers to a number of questions regarding Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve.
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3rd April 2025
Spring is a wonderful time to explore the beauty of Thame’s award-winning Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve.
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3rd April 2025
Following some sampling of the pond in Cuttle Brook Nature Reserve in 2024 by Heriot Watt University, they have now advanced to the next phase of research, deploying three small floating enclosures in the ponds.
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