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<BODY BACKGROUND="background.gif" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#3333CC" VLINK="#000066" ALINK="#666699"> <TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING="0" ALIGN="CENTER" CELLPADDING="3"> <TR> <TD VALIGN="MIDDLE" ALIGN="RIGHT" WIDTH="50%"> <H1>The Magog Trust</H1></TD> <TD VALIGN="TOP" ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="50%"><IMG SRC="magoglogo.gif" TITLE="Magog Trust logo" ALT="Magog Trust logo" ALIGN="ABSMIDDLE" WIDTH="200" HEIGHT="200" BORDER="0"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <BLOCKQUOTE><HR> <P><FONT SIZE="-1" COLOR="#FF0000"><B>Note:</B> These pages are for web browsers unable to display frames. If your browser can display frames (most now can) you should get a better result by turning frames on, usually by a setting in the browser Preferences menu</FONT>. </P><HR></BLOCKQUOTE> <TABLE WIDTH="70%" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" ALIGN="CENTER"> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="4" ALIGN="CENTER" WIDTH="5"><B>Index :</B><HR WIDTH="95%"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="5" COLSPAN="2"><B>News from the Down:</B></TD> <TD WIDTH="5" COLSPAN="2"><B>Magog Down:</B></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="5" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="patrons.htm" TARGET="pages">New Patrons of the Trust</A></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="5" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="newmap.htm">Map of the Down</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="5" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="dogcontrol.htm" TARGET="pages">Ground-nesting birds:  Control of dogs</A></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="5" COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="boards.htm">Information boards</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="spring.htm#spring08" TARGET="_top">Cowslips on the Down</A></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="woods.htm">The Woods</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="coronet.htm" TARGET="pages">Field maple tree: coronet cut</A></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="histnotes.htm" TARGET="_top">Historical Notes</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="survey.htm" TARGET="pages">Visitor survey on the Down</A></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="archaeology.htm" TARGET="pages">Archaeology on Magog Down</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1">Bird Report:</FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="birds_0208.htm" TARGET="pages">February 2008</A></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="birds_0108.htm" TARGET="pages">January 2008</A></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><B>The Magog Trust:</B></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="index.htm">Home page</A></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="5" COLSPAN="2"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="pym.htm" TARGET="pages">Lord Pym: a tribute from the Chairman</A></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="5" COLSPAN="2"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="intro.htm">Introduction</A></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="history.htm">History of the Trust</A></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="membship.htm">Magog Trust membership details</A></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="contact.htm" TARGET="pages">Contact details</A></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="4" WIDTH="5"><HR WIDTH="95%"> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1">Latest Newsletter:</FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1">Pictures of the Down:</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="news39.htm" TARGET="pages">April 2008</A></FONT></TD> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="spring.htm#spring08" TARGET="_top">Spring 2008</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD> </TD> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="spring.htm#spring 07" TARGET="_top">Spring 2007</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD> </TD> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="spring.htm#summer06" TARGET="_top">Summer 2006</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD> </TD> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="spring.htm#spring04" TARGET="_top">Spring 2004</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD> </TD> <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT SIZE="-1"> Flora and Fauna:</FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD> </TD> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="birds.htm" TARGET="_top">Birds</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD> </TD> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="bees.htm" TARGET="_top">Bees and Wasps</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD> </TD> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="moths.htm" TARGET="_top">Moths and Butterflies</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD> </TD> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="native_spp.htm" TARGET="pages">Native species of flora</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD> </TD> <TD WIDTH="5"></TD> <TD><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="wf_contents.htm" TARGET="contents">Wild flowers of the Down</A></FONT></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><HR></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><HR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"><FONT SIZE="-1"><A HREF="hspmt.htm" TARGET="pages">Statement of Health and Safety Policy</A></FONT></TD> <TD COLSPAN="2" WIDTH="5"> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> <HR> <TABLE WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="CENTER" CELLPADDING="5" CELLSPACING="0"> <TR> <TD ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="2" VALIGN="TOP"> <IMG SRC="downphoto_2.jpg" TITLE="Magog Down" ALT="Magog Down" WIDTH="450" HEIGHT="225" BORDER="1"></TD> </TR> <TR VALIGN="TOP"> <TD ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="2" VALIGN="TOP"><FONT SIZE="-1">Magog Down</FONT><BR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="2"><B>The Magog Trust</B> is creating an area for conservation and informal recreation on the Gog Magog hills just south of the boundary of the City of Cambridge, off the A1307 road to Linton and on Haverhill Road, Stapleford.<BR><BR><B>Magog Down</B> is owned and managed by the Governors of the Magog Trust who bought it in 1989. It covers 163.5 acres of previously intensively farmed arable land. It is freely open to all, all year round.<BR><BR>It has:</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="15">  </TD> <TD ALIGN="LEFT">Two meadows sown with wild flowers and grasses native to chalk grassland.<BR>Six woods, planted between 1990 and 1992, with 24,000 trees native to the chalk meadows of over a century ago</TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="2">It is seeing the return of ground-nesting birds, like the skylark, and native flowering plants like the cowslip.<BR><BR><HR></TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="CENTER" COLSPAN="2"> <FONT SIZE="-1">The <B>Magog Trust</B> is a Registered Charity No. 802150 and a Company limited by guarantee, registered in England No. 2426534. <BR> <I>Registered Office</I>: 43 Mingle Lane, Stapleford, Cambridge CB22 5SY </FONT> <BR><BR><FONT SIZE="-1"><B>PRESIDENT</B>: Christopher South <BR> <B>PATRONS</B>: Hugh Duberly CBE, Ian Hay Davison, Professor Stephen Hawking, David Rayner </FONT> </TD> </TR> <TR> <TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="2"> <HR><FONT SIZE="-1">© 2008 The Magog Trust<BR>Updated: 4 May 2008</FONT> </TD> </TR> </TABLE> </BODY>