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June 2018 June 2018
DRAX HALL
Souls Moor Ponies and their Conservation Work
Thank you to all who supported our Village
By the time you read this the ponies will be back on Souls Moor – do say “hello” to
them when you pass, but please do not feed them, approach them and keep Hall AGM last month
dogs on a lead. They are there to continue munching through the long rank
grasses that have built up while the area remained ungrazed. This is all in the Thank you to the Pop In Place for funding DRAX
interests of good nature conservation.
refurbishment of the Lower Hall. HALL
Indeed, the benefits are already apparent. This Spring there has been a flush of
what might appear to be ‘weeds’ but are far more than that being both We have had a lot of very positive comments about the
attractive and having wildlife value. With time the long vegetation will reduce refurbishment thank you to all the people who support the
further and we hope to see a more interesting and varied array of plants and hall.
wildflowers. So far, the plentiful flowers include bright yellow marsh marigolds,
along with pink campion, meadow buttercup, sorrel, ragged robin, comfrey,
sorrel and cuckoo flower. There is a Public Access Defibrillator outside the Village Hall

The cuckoo flower (see photo), also known as It is very straight forward to use and you are talked through the process as you go.
‘milk maids’ or ‘lady’s smock, has small pale There is a short film clip on You Tube by the British Heart Foundation that shows
lilac flowers on an upright stem of about one exactly how to do it DON’T BE AFRAID anyone can do it, and remember the worst
foot. It appears at much the same time as the thing you can do when someone’s heart stops is nothing !
cuckoo arrives – hence the name. The cuckoo
flower is particularly important to the orange tip
butterfly (see photo) as it is the food source for Village Hall Hiring
its caterpillars. If you look carefully, you may
even see the bright orange pinhead eggs the The village hall has two options for hire the large upper Hall at £8 per hour and the
orange tip butterflies have laid on this plant. Lower room at £7 per hour please telephone Lyn Simmonds on 01929 471528 to
discuss your requirements and view the facilities available.

For those of you concerned for New Group
the ponies’ welfare, be assured Tuesdays 7.30pm
they are regularly checked and Call Jenn on
they have a plentiful supply of
water from the pond dug last 07960 6545630
year.

Bere Regis

Sports Club
Cuckoo North St
Puddletown First School Mondays 7.30pm
Have you heard a cuckoo this year? We would be interested to know if you have Dorchester Road Call Julie on Bere Regis
and where. At the time of writing the nearest cuckoo heard was in Wareham Puddletown 07871 821928
Forest. But, perhaps you know of others.

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