Activities
Birds continue to die.
Avian Botulism We are finding more dead water fowl each day. It has been confirmed that the deaths are due to avian botulism. It is thought that the long spell of warm weather may be causing this outbreak and that feeding the birds with white bread is making things...
2014 – 10th August – More dead birds found on Lake.
Bird Deaths continue We are continuing to find dead and dying mallards and other water fowl in the lake. The Friends are collecting them and bagging them up for disposal. We are concerned that they may be suffering from Avian Botulism and the dead birds have been sent...
2014 – August – Work morning.
Volunteer Work Around the Lake Wigan Leisure and Culture Trust offered to provide us with an Activity Leader who would work with us on the site. We accepted this help and so on the 2nd August we turned up to do some serious work. Unfortunately it was raining very...
31st July 2014 – Trails in the Park.
Lancashire Wildlife Trust The staff of Lancashire Wildlife Trust who are based in the office at the Three Sisters put on an event called Trails in the Park. Parents and children came along and did a walk round the site and answered questions on a work sheet. There...
2014 – June – Work on Wildlife Garden.
More Work on the Garden We finished planting all the hedging plants that we have but we will need more to hedge the side facing the car park. We continued to dig over the land. This has not been touched for at least ten years and is full of roots so digging is very...
2014 -June – First cygnets on the lake for over ten years.
New Family of Swans on the Lake There is a swan nesting at the Nature Reserve end of the lake and she has produced five cygnets.
2014 – June – Coots nesting on the floating Island.
The Coots are the Kings of this Castle! One of our newly installed floating islands now has a family of coot living on it. They have fought off the swans and this has protected the plants we put on the island. Well done to the coot. The other island will need to be...
2014 -June – Insect House Gift.
Ben's Bug Hotel The grandson of one of the friends has kindly given us a superb insect house to put in the new Wild Life Garden. Thank you Ben. We look forward to the garden being ready to receive it.
2014 -May – Extra jobs for Friends.
Changes for volunteers Since March we have been locking the main gate to the site in the evening. We are reducing the bird feeding for the breeding season and over the summer months. TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURS FOR 2014 = 199.75 HOURS
May 2014 – Work day.
Jobs for the volunteers Eight Friends came to work this morning and so we split to groups to tackle a variety of tasks. Two Friends cleared grass from the base of the fruit trees, replaced broken rabbit guards and pruned off any broken branches. Two Friends mended the...
2014 -May-BIRD FEEDING STATION ALSO RECEIVES SOME CARE AND ATTENTION.
Bird Feeding station The Bird Feeding station also needed some work after the winter. It got a coat of paint and the bird recognition posters were renewed. It is now looking spick and span and ready to receive guests. A pleasant place to observe the birds. 4 VOLUNTEER...
2014 – 8th May – SPRING CLEANING.
Clean-up Time This is the time of year when we hope the sun is shining and it makes everything look a bit shabby. Some of the Friends decide to spruce up the picnic bench near the Dipping Pond by giving it a coat of paint. 4 VOLUNTEER HOURS.