This weekend, 28th-30th January, is the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch and an excellent chance to take an hour out of your day to just sit and watch the birds. This can either be done in your own garden or in one of our parks. The idea is to count how many birds you see at any one time and then record them on the RSPB website found here: https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/.

The bird watch is what is referred to as a citizen science survey with more and more people within the UK taking part to understand not just populations of garden birds but what species people spot. We would be really interested in as many people as possible within Beaulieu taking part and we would love to know the most unusual bird you see or any photos you manage to capture! If you do have anything you would like to share with us including pictures, please feel free to post these onto our Facebook Group “Beaulieu residents and Beaulieu Estate Management” or email us at Beaulieuevents@thelandtrust.org.uk.

We hope you have a lovely weekend taking part!

Please note that our offices will close for the festive period at noon on 23rd December 2021, reopening on 4th Januaury 2022.

We will respond to any queries received during this time as quickly as possible in the New Year. In case of an emergency, please call 0300 3230 170 and this will be passed on to the relevant person to be dealt with as quickly as possible.

From everyone at Beaulieu Estate Management, we wish you a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Santa is coming your way!

Chelmsford Mildmay Rotary are assisting Santa as he aims to visit as many boys and girls as possible.

The sleigh will be riding around Beaulieu tonight, Thursday 16th and on Tuesday 21st.  Tonight he will be visiting the roads of Centenary Way, Linge Avenue and Regiment Gate.  On Tuesday, Centenary Way, Wilfred Waterman Drive, Robert Finch Crescent and Minns Avenue.

Santa will also be coming back to Beaulieu Community Centre after each visit at around 7:30 pm in case you miss him.

You can also live track Santa if you go to www.sleightracker.co.uk and download the app, then click to find sleigh for Chelmsford Mildmay Rotary Club.

You may well have received a number of emails from the Beaulieu Residents Website titled Beaulieu News.  Unfortunately the website has not been working properly and the emails haven’t been getting sent out after we have posted an update on the website.  We have been looking to get this resolved however were not expecting all the back log of emails to go out to everyone once the problem was fixed.

We apologies for any confusion caused by receiving a number of out of date posts from the past year.

Going forward, you should now receive emails at the relevant time and if you have any questions about the website or any of the updates, please email us at Beaulieu@thelandtrust.org.uk

Sunday 5th 12pm-5pm

Beaulieu Community

Hopefully by now you will have received a leaflet through the door for our Christmas event. We are delighted to have Father Christmas visiting again handing out presents to the children of Beaulieu.  We have now allocated all available time slots but if you still wanted to be added to the waiting list, please email us at beaulieuevents@thelandtrust.org.uk.

There will be a couple of craft activities to have a go at as well as many stalls from the Beaulieu Mini Market so a great chance to browse for Christmas gifts.  There will also be music a plenty with mulled wine and sweet treats.

Just a reminder that a visit to Father Christmas is for Beaulieu Residents only and all children must be accompanied by an adult.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

This year, Beaulieu Estate Management is pleased to provide free pumpkin carving to its residents.

We will be running a session from the Beaulieu Community Centre on Thursday 28th October between 11am-1pm.   We ask that you please book a slot via beaulieuevents@thelandtrust.org.uk so we can make we have enough pumpkins to go around.

This event is for those who live in New Beaulieu and who are residents of Beaulieu Estate Management.

Hope to see you there!

The large play area located on the North South Greenway near Channels will be closed until further notice whilst the team carry out some health and safety works. We hope to get it open again as soon as possible.

We apologies for any inconvenience and if you do have any questions, please contact us at Beaulieu@thelandtrust.org.uk

Give your opinion and win one of three £100 vouchers! This summer, Countryside Properties and L&G are conducting a survey that will allow you to provide feedback on your experience of living in Beaulieu. The responses gathered will help us to understand and improve how you experience life here. Respondents of the survey will also have the chance to win one of three £100 Sainsbury’s vouchers. To take the survey, click here.

Ever wondered what Butterfly`s share your garden?  Well now is the time to try and find out.  The Big Butterfly Count is run by Butterfly Conservation and is a citizen science project that was launched in 2010.  It aims at encouraging all of us to take a moment to appreciate nature and count what butterflies you can find, letting them know so they can map out populations across the UK.  In 2020 over 111,500 people took part, submitting 145,249 counts of butterflies and day-flying moths from across the UK.  This year the event runs from 16th July- 8th August.

In order to take part, you just need to take 15 minutes on a sunny day either in your garden or during a walk.  Not sure what you’re looking at?  Not to worry, Butterfly Conservation have provided some handy ID sheets which you can either download from their website or you can pick one up from Beaulieu Community Centre.  If you taking part in your garden, you just need to record the most of one particular species you see at one time.  If you’re out for a walk, it’s the total number of butterflies you see in 15 minutes.

As well as submitting your results online as part of the survey, we would also love to know how many species of butterfly you find and even better if you can provide us with any pictures.  If you can’t ID a particular butterfly then grab a photo in and we will do our best to help.

We hope you enjoy getting involved and we will encourage everyone to get involved each year, that way we can start to see what the butterfly population is like over the years on the estate.

To find out more information visit www.bigbutterflycount.com