From 7th November 2022, it will be a legal requirement for all bird keepers to keep their birds housed and to follow stringent biosecurity measures to protect their flocks. This applies whether keepers have commercial flocks, or just a few birds in a backyard. Link to the housing order:- Department for Environment, Food and Rural … Continue reading Avian Influenza (Bird Flu)

Lots of advice is available on vaccinations programmes for Covid, flu and RSV virus in the latest update from the Somerset Health and Wellbeing Advisory Network. There are also links for the Talking Cafe, which takes place at the Beach Hotel in Minehead on Mondays. Click here to read the whole newsletter.

Tuesday 8th November, 6.30 for 7pm in the Villagers' Stores The topic for Thinking Allowed next week will be The Value of Silence. Click here to read Margaret Lovatt's pre-discussion notes on the subject. All are welcome. Andy Giles and Brian Castle