Barton Baptist Church are having a drop in session at 2:30 pm Tuesday 13 September for people to come by for a cup of tea and share memories of Her Majesty The Queen. All welcome.

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. On behalf of Barton Parish Council and our parishioners, we offer our heart-felt condolences and sympathy to all members of The Royal Family.

– Barton Parish Council

You may wish to sign Buckingham Palace’s book of condolence online by visiting https://www.royal.uk/

Dear Digital Champions

 

Once again, ahead of the expected very hot weather, we would be grateful if you could share the below information with your networks locally. It is about bin collections during the upcoming expected hot weather, and contains some helpful advice about ensuring bins are presented at the kerbside the night before they are due to be collected. Please feel free to copy and paste the below italicised text. There is an accompanying image for you to use in case it is helpful.

 

During the forecast extremely hot weather, please ensure your bins are put out the night before they are due to be collected. This is because Greater Cambridge Shared Waste crews are likely to be starting work earlier in the day than usual, to try and avoid the worst of the heat. This means your bins may get emptied earlier in the morning than you are used to.

 

Alternatively, if you simply wish to re-share our messages, here is a reminder of the key social media accounts to re-share from:

 

South Cambridgeshire District Council

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Greater Cambridge Shared Waste

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Many thanks for your help.

 

Tom

As many of you will have noticed, our beloved duck pond is almost empty of water and very likely to dry up in the coming days. The Parish Council have been in contact with numerous environmental and wildlife bodies over the last few days, including the Environment Agencies Fisheries Officer, and you won’t be surprised to hear that we are not the only village losing our water, fish and other wildlife from our pond. Every effort was made to re-fill the pond, however in a drought such as this, it was not possible and had we managed, in all likeliness, it would be dry again by next week.
The fish in the pond were common carp, and with the low oxygen levels now in the water (around 25-30% rather than the normal 100%) and the increasing water temperature they have sadly perished. There would have been a high risk of spreading disease to other fish species had we relocated them to another pond.
Armed with further expert advice, and the fact the pond is predominantly made up of run-off water from the road, we have made the decision to leave the silt at the bottom of the pond, which performs the function of a filter – removing pollutants from the water, and leave the pond to be naturally re-filled by rain and run-off water when the weather decides to change.
For those also concerned about the other pond wildlife including the ducks, newts, moorhens, toads etc. they will find their way to other ponds, of which we know there are many not far from the central village one.
It is likely that with climate change, it will become a seasonal pond from now on, and therefore at this time, we don’t intend to restock it with fish. We hope this brings some reassurance to the village that action has, and is, being taken to look after this village asset.

Barton Parish Council

The Oak Tree, Holben Close

The fallen branches of Margaret Penston’s oak tree in Holben Close are being cleared Saturday 18 June. The largest branches have diameter ~50 cm (circumference ~150 cm).

This is adjacent to the footpath so please avoid this if possible.

If anyone is interested in having any of the wood for whatever purpose, please let Margaret know as soon as possible. Email: moc.t1781065363enret1781065363nitb@1781065363notsn1781065363ep.te1781065363ragra1781065363m1781065363.