Activities
2016-March- Repairs to the lake edge.
The edge of the lake, on the side nearest to the play area, has been falling into the lake for some time. Holes have appeared between the large edging stones and the footpath and it has become quite dangerous. In March the council workmen arrived with large machines...
2016 – January – NEW YEAR GIFT.
Winter food for the birds. A BIG Thank You to Bob Brierley and his friends who arrived with lots of food for the birds. A wonderful New Year gesture which we and the birds appreciate. Thank you.
2015- November- It is time to repair the bird boxes.
We start with the owl boxes. This is the time of year when we start to inspect the bird boxes. Old nests are removed and the boxes are repaired and cleaned out. One of the owl boxes needed a new floor, so this box took longer than we expected. We hope they will all be...
2015- Sunday 20th. September – Fact or Fiction Animal Hunt for children.
Fact or Fiction Animal Hunt After we had done the Easter Egg Hunt, we were asked if we could do something similar one weekend so that working parents could bring their children. So we combined this request with one from The Deal and organised a Fact or Fiction Animal...
Litter bins are spruced up.
The litter bins around the lake were beginning to show their age and look tatty. We know they are very expensive to replace so one of the Friends decided to give them a make-over. Some primer, some paint and lots of elbow grease made a world of difference. Thank you...
2015-June 15th- Family Cycle Event at the Race Track.
Is this our BIGGEST customer? We were at the Family Cycle Event at the Three Sisters Race Circuit with a stall to try to get new helpers and to raise some money. We had a Tombola stall and a White Elephant stall and we were busy talking when this character arrived!...
Thank you Councillor Brierley.
Many thanks to Councillor Robert Brierley who has given us a good supply of bird seed and fat-balls. We will be using these in the Bird Feeding Station during the coming months. We are pleased that individual Councillors help us in our work at the Three Sisters. THANK...
June 2015- Bird Feeding station gets a coat of paint.
New coat of paint. This week the Bird Feeding Station received some tender loving care. It was given a new coat of paint and we intend to improve the ground surface by putting down stone chippings.
Stoat or weasel?
This cheeky chappy... was photographed on one of our bird boxes this week. Is it a stoat or a weasel? Well we know that weasels are "weaselly" recognisable -while stoats are stoatally different. So this is obviously a weasel. Smaller than a stoat and no black tip to...
Two baby owls.
Owl Boxes
Our owl boxes have once again been used and two balls of grey fluff are now out and about in the trees near the nest. We are very pleased at this success.
Leigh Ornithological Society send donation.
We were also remembered by Leigh Ornithological Society at their recent AGM. To recognise the work we do to help increase bird numbers on the site, they sent a donation which will be used to buy bird food during the winter. Thank you for thinking about us. We...
2015- Thank you to the Model Boat Club.
Model Boat Club Donation We were delighted to to given a cheque by the Model Boat Club which will help us to buy food for the birds during the coming year.We thank all their members very much.