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October 2018 Volume 5, Issue 4
KLHS News
The young winners. vegetables, there was a mouth-watering selection of cookery and the craft This year’s summer show classes attracted an array at South Wootton Village of varied work. Hall was supported by 36 Young entrants created entrants, only one less intricate mini gardens, than the previous year. and life-like animals
SHOW IS WELL SUPPORTED
But it had looked a short time before that the hot, dry spell would mean few entries. Flowers were blossoming early and vegetables and fruit were not developing properly.
made from fruit and vegetables.
Presenting prizes on August 11th, Borough Mayor, Nick Daubney said it was a joy to see such wonderful produce and confessed he’d had a Exhibits were down this year—275 compared with job to keep his hands off the shortbread and cakes. 329 in 2017—but still above 2016’s total of 266. Show Secretary, Rachel Besides the flowers and
Vyse, thanked everyone.
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Ivy, hedera helix, is an excellent source of nectar for bees and butterflies in the autumn.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE List of trophy winners
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Wildlife in South Wootton
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Christmas Dinner Menu
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Death of LongStanding Member
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Wildlife in South Wootton cont. 4
PRIZE WINNERS AT THE 2018 SHOW E Ogden Cup Mrs Kenneth Bush Cup West Norfolk Produce Cup 90th Birthday Cup Lord Fermoy Cup Cobbold Cup Mrs W R Sadler Cup Members’ Cup Twaite Cup Kenneth Bush Challenge Trophy A Anderson Cup Ray Smith Bowl R Doubleday Plaque Mrs F E Fox Cup Sylvia Brundle-Todd Cup Victory Cup Jubilee Cup Barbara Baker Cup George Skipper Cup Ray Garner Memorial Cup Banksian Medal Perry Cup Caithness Crystal Vase Amberley Hall Care Home Trophy
Jill Walker Jill Walker Jill Walker Jill Walker Stella Mills Selina Povey Rita Crown Selina Povey S. Ridley Selina Povey Selina Povey Selina Povey S. Ridley Ray Jarrett Sofia Clarke-Ruffles Edward Mills Thomas Kershaw Rita Crown Stella Mills Rita Crown Jill Walker Rita Crown Rita Crown Rita Crown
The Incredible Hulk and colourful animals featured in the classes.
dispose of it but a few minutes later it was gone. Then I saw on the green area next to our house two seagulls By Nolan Mills fighting over something. It was the blackbird – then one of them swalWe are very fortunate in South Wootlowed it whole. I know seagulls are ton to have such a range of wildlife. scavengers who will snatch ice You do not have to go far to see it, creams and sandwiches at the seaside just look out of the window. Talking but a whole bird is a bit much! of windows we often have birds flying and hitting the windows – I think it is I have also noticed that after a break of some years we now have rabbits the reflective coating of the double glazing makes them appear like mir- back in the area. I have seen a rabbit grazing alongside a muntjac deer – rors so they think they can fly quite happy together. I wrote at through them. A few weeks ago we heard the familiar “bang” and I saw a length about muntjacs in a previous article! young blackbird lying dead on the (Continued on page 4) ground. I thought I must go out and
WILDLIFE IN SOUTH WOOTTON
CHRISTMAS DINNER The Society’s Christmas dinner will be held at the Stuart House Hotel, in King’s Lynn, on Sunday, December 2nd. Please arrive at 12.30pm for a 1pm start. The cost of the meal is £18.95 per person and bookings should be telephoned to Steve Barker on 07771902182. Please let Steve know by November 18th. Starters Vegetable Soup (v) (gf) With crusty bread and croutons
Poached Pear (gf) Rolled in prosciutto ham
Prawn Salad (gf) With horseradish dip, lime vinaigrette and topped
with wild rocket ✨
Mains Roast Norfolk Turkey (gfa)
Desserts Christmas Pudding (gf) With brandy sauce
With roast potatoes, YorkFestive Cheesecake shire pudding, pigs in blankets, stuffing and gravy With mulled wine and cream
Slow Cooked Herbed Loin of Pork
With celeriac mash potato served with a mustard sauce
Baked Salmon with a Crispy Sesame Crust Topping
Spiced Orange Syllabub (gfa) Served with a shortbread biscuit
Tea/Coffee ✨
Served on a bed of leek risotto with red pesto sauce
All above served with seasonal vegetables
Winter Vegetable Gratin (v) Topped with goats cheese and served with new potatoes and salad ❄
GF = gluten free, GFA = gluten free available, V = vegetarian
DEATH OF LONG-STANDING MEMBER The Society were sorry to hear of the recent death of Mr Eric Rasberry, 87, who had been a stalwart member for many years.
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There is always a bird of some kind in our garden. The predominant one is the woodpigeon, we have a large tray of water and they enjoy having a communal bath! They nest in the willow tree in our front garden it used to be a pointless exercise as a cat would have the young; however there don’t seem to be many cats around us now. We tend to forget in South Wootton how close we are to the coast – in fact on the western edge of the parish bordering the Wash channel there is a nature reserve. So on the green areas you can see a range of seabirds alongside the ubiquitous blackbird, magpies, jackdaws and occasional jay.
The lawns are infested with ants so we get visited by green woodpeckers. Their appetite is not large enough though as the ant problem is getting worse with the green area next to our house completely infested. It is interesting how territorial birds are – we rarely see sparrows or starlings yet there are plenty further down the road. In fact we do not see many small birds (probably because of the presence of large ones). We do see blue tits, great tits and
robins – usually in the winter. For several years there was a squirrel drey in a large silver birch in the field behind us and we regularly see squirrels scampering along the branches of the trees and jumping from one to the next. I suppose they did not maintain it well enough as it succumbed to the gales last winter.
Last year for the first time we had moles in our garden. They can make a real mess of your lawn so we managed to find someone who was qualified to trap them and the problem was quickly sorted. Unfortunately I notice there are moles in two of the village flowerbeds and we had to remove the flowerbed by the South Wootton sign near Knights Hill be-
cause of them (and encroaching bracken). Nationally there is concern about the decline in hedgehogs, however they are in the area. I nearly walked on one when I had to walk a neighbour’s dog one night! Unfortunately more often than not we see them as road kill.
Stop press – today I have just seen a first – a red legged partridge strutting down our road!