Weather Report for April 2012.
Nobody will need telling that the dryness of the past year or so
was replaced by rain..a hefty 181.1mm total rainfall for April. This is
getting on for one third of the total rainfall for the previous twelve
months. Rainfall was recorded for 23 days, that is from 1000-1000 Summer
Time each day, and there were two significant totals; 31.6mm on 24th
and 30.1mm on 29th. The next wettest, 17.5mm on the 22nd had in itself
almost the total rainfall for the whole of March. Compare …

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SHUTE PARISH COUNCIL HELD AT WHITFORD VILLAGE HALL ON THURSDAY 8th MARCH 2012
AT 7.30PM.
Those present: Cllrs. D Loud, B Marshall, J Pearce, Ms C Miltenburg, P Rugg,
Mrs E Sweetland and R Wood, Dist Cllr I Chubb and C Cllr A Moulding, 1 member of the public and Mrs M Thomas (Clerk).
APOLOGIES
Apologies were received and accepted from Christopher Pole-Carew and PCSO Amanda Wooster who reported there have been two crimes reported since the last meeting. Break into a caravan at …

Shute Churchyard Wildlife:

Join the Wildscapes team for a wander around your churchyard (Shute) and discover how it provides a sanctuary for wildlife.
Shute Church:
Tuesday 12th June 2012.
Meet by the church gate at 7.45pm.
To be followed by a bat hunt with Fiona Reynolds.

Churchyard ecology
Churchyards provide a sanctuary for wildlife, with little disturbance from people and a range of different mini-habitats. Mature trees along churchyard boundaries have a ‘woodland fringe’ feel, providing nesting and shelter for birds such as Long-tailed Tits, Goldcrests and Chiff-chaffs. Most churchyards have veteran Yew trees, often many …

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Hi all
A number of you may have already seen the short 12 min intro film to old film footage we at the AONB team sourced from a number of individuals across East Devon, like Mary Thomas. In return for digitising the film from contributors, we were able to keep snippets of footage for use on the web
(follow the links from our work to back to the future from the eastdevonaonb.org.uk homepage) and to create this outstanding 40 minute film to show.
The full version has train derailment …

Weather report for March 2012:

Photo Helene Buse
March 2011 had  surprised us all with remarkable dryness
(23.1mm on 6 rain days) and a record high maximum temperature of 19.5C
on 25th. Now 2012 has gone several stages further with a total rainfall
of 19.9 mm with recordable falls again on just six days. But the spell
of warmth from 24-30th gave a whole week of higher maxima than the
figure reached last year. The sequence is, starting on March 24th: 20.0;
20.8; 21.5; 21.0; 23.3; 21.0 & 19.8C. The average daytime high …

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SHUTE PARISH COUNCIL HELD AT UMBORNE HALL ON THURSDAY 19TH JANUARY 2012
AT 7.30PM.
Those present: Cllrs. D Loud, B Marshall, J Pearce, P Rugg, Mrs E Sweetland, and R Wood, PCSO Amanda Wooster and Mrs M Thomas (Clerk).
APOLOGIES
Apologies were received and accepted from Cllrs Ms C Miltenburg,
Dist Cllr I Chubb and C Cllr A Moulding.
MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING
The circulated minutes of meeting held on 15th December 2011were approved and duly signed as correct.
POLICE REPORT
PCSO Amanda Wooster reported she now also works in …

February 2012.

(photo Helene Buse)
This month was a tale of two halves with a unity theme
with regard to rainfall.
The cold spell that started gently at the end of January
intensified in the first days of February to give a minimum reading of
-9.9C on the night of the 4th. Conditions eased for a day or two around
the 6th  with one frost-free night before further cold nights occurred,
particularly  on the 11th and 12th. Thereafter, things became much
milder, although another cold night under still conditions in a
northerly flow …

Shute Piers, Shute

Description: Shute Piers
Grade: II
Date Listed: 8 May 1967
English Heritage Building ID: 88149
OS Grid Reference: SY2481098466
OS Grid Coordinates: 324810, 98466
Latitude/Longitude: 50.7809, -3.0679

Location: A35, Dalwood, Devon EX13 7QW
Locality: Shute
Local Authority: East Devon
County: Devon
Country: England
(left click on photos to enlarge and then again for even more enlargement)
Mr Youlden, a grocer, on the Shute to Dalwood road, c 1908.
History:
Shute Piers are a pair of former 18th Century gate-piers on either side of the Dalwood to Colyton road. Presumably they were originally the main gateway to the Shute Estate, positioned as they …

2012 started with the residual mildness of 2011, with the
minimum temperature on the 1st being the same as on the 31st December
at 9.4,  the warmest night of the month. Other than four or five days in
the middle and the last few days when the continental high pressure
brought cold easterlies, January was mild, sometimes remarkably so, with
my highest reading of 14C occuring on the 18th.  Overall, with a mean
temperature of just over 6C,  this was the mildest January since 2008.
Even so,  I recorded eleven …

MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF SHUTE PARISH COUNCIL HELD AT WHITFORD VILLAGE HALL ON THURSDAY 15TH DECEMBER 2011
AT 7.30PM.
Those present: Cllrs. Ms C Miltenburg, B Marshall, J Pearce, P Rugg,
Mrs E Sweetland, and R Wood, guest speakers Kimmo Evans & Patricia Farrell (East Devon AONB) and Mrs M Thomas (Clerk).
GUEST SPEAKERS – WILDSCAPES, SHUTE AND WHITFORD
Kimmo Evans following his presentation this time last year East Devon AONB has assisted with further work within the parish including the Parish Biodiversity Audit which is a …