Stratford sub Castle Village Website
Salisbury, Wiltshire UK

A notice displayed near the boardwalk gives details of a Conservation Group that has been formed to help with maintenance of the Avon Valley Nature Reserve. The Salisbury Wildlife Group would welcome volunteers over 18 years old to their planned activity days in January, February & March. See the notice at the bottom of this page. Whilst working at the Reserve, volunteers have the opportunity to observe and record wildlife for example this saprophytic fungi Variable Oysterl

KMOC 3 January 2026 News from 2 January 2026 2 January 2026 Image KMOC Tonight a 99% full moon rose over Old Sarum. Tomorrow, is “the Moon after Yule” a full moon and a “wolf moon” as it’s supposed to make wolves howl. The next supermoon, when it is at its closest approach to earth, is in November. Look up tomorrow night, Saturday 3 January 2026.

One of our readers captured these peaceful scenes around Stratford sub Castle just after sunrise today 21 December, the shortest day of the year, and has kindly shared them with these comments: " I went for a walk just after sunrise and wondered if folks would appreciate seeing how beautiful our village looks on the shortest day? The pockets of mist provided a lovely background to the foreground of the village. The mist followed the route of the river as if it were travelling

Image Facebook 12 December 2025 At the annual Wiltshire Wildlife Trust's annual award ceremony on 5 December, Richard Death received an award for his volunteering work at our local Devenish Nature Reserve - where he is the Warden - and for his volunteer involvement at other WWT sites in the area. This year the awards were presented by the High Sheriff of Wiltshire, Martin Mye, pictured here with Richard. Congratulations Richard! Well deserved! More details about the Deveni

Looking towards Old Sarum 4 December 2025 This is just a 'snapshot' taken at 4.30pm today, to remind you to look up at the sky this evening to witness the third (and last) Supermoon of 2025. If anyone has a better image that they are willing to share, please send it to sscvillagewebsite@gmail.com It's the December 'Cold Moon', signifying the arrival of winter and marking the final full Moon of the year. There were three supermoons in 2025, all of which came at the end of the

Image of sighting at Langford Lakes on 19 November 2025 (Facebook) Langford Lakes, managed by Wiltshire Wildlife Trust, is only 9 miles away from Stratford sub Castle. The website is still hoping for evidence of a sighting of a WTE in Stratford sub Castle! Earlier Newspost 9 November Blashford Lakes Nature Reserve where this image was taken on 8 November, is 17 miles south of Salisbury. See ** below in respect of the reference to the lesser black backed gull. Image: Jeremy

This view of the lunar eclipse was taken from St Lawrence Close by Henry Burnside and sent to the website to be shared with other...

The website has received a heads-up from local resident David Mills that four Little Egret were seen perched in the tree of a garden...

June 2025 KMOC The Black Poplar , Populus nigra , is scarce (about 7,000 in UK, mostly in the south). It likes having wet feet so it is...

Richard Death has shared news that he was awoken this morning, 23 April, by the call of a cuckoo, the first call that he's heard in 2025...

There is a sign at Little Durnford indicating that the 'Toad Patrol' has been in the area recently. At sunset on mild, damp evenings...

A local resident has sent in these amazing images to the website, along with the commentary below. Images L-R were taken at 0521, 0552,...

... make for some interesting wildlife-spotting opportunities. A local resident sent in the above image with the comment: " On 4 March...

Image: Jim Platt The snowdrops and aconites are at their peak at the moment.  I don't recall seeing so many aconites in the 15 years I...

Hudson's Field 11 February 2025 In Hudson's Field, adjacent to Castle Road, nine species of deciduous trees have been planted by...