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BBC News
27-04-2025
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History walk retraces attempted invasion of Jersey in 1779
A guided walk to mark nearly 250 years since the "first Battle of Jersey" will take place Jersiaise said the walk, led by historian Ian Ronayne, would begin at St. Ouen's parish church car park at 14:00 battle took place on 1 May 1779 when a French invasion force attempted to land in St Ouen's Bay, but they were "thwarted" on the shoreline by local forces, said the Ronayne said the 1779 battle was "less well-known" in comparison to the 1781 battle, but both "involve equally fascinating characters and could have also resulted in Jersey falling into French hands had circumstances been different". "It's a remarkable story that I believe we should be more aware of," Mr Ronayne Jersiaise said the five-mile walk would include a visit to Grantez headland and La Mielle de Morville nature reserve.
BBC News
13-02-2025
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South African plant removed from strip of land thanks to grant
A grant has been awarded to a Jersey group to remove a South African plant from part of the island. Societe Jersiaise said it had received £3,000 to remove purple dewplant, also called disphyma crassifolium, after it was found at St Ouen's Bay. The group said the plant probably found its way to the island via the "feet of a bird"."On the sandy foreshore of the bay it has become a threat to the native flora because it spreads exponentially on the dunes where it has no natural predators," Societe Jersiaise said. It added: "This plant creates mats of foliage which swamp native flora. It has little wildlife benefit because few local invertebrates and pollinators utilize the dewplant."With the funding from the Roy Overland Trust, the plant has been removed from a strip of land on the Jersiaise added: "Nurture Ecology was given the contract to hand pick, collect and remove from the site this noxious alien plant."
