Activities
17th April 2014 – EASTER EGG HUNT.
Families and young children Every year the Friends organise an Easter Egg Hunt. It is really a chance to get families with young children to visit the site, see what is here and have a walk and some fun. This year it was not raining, which is always a good start, and...
2014 – April – Work morning.
Ground Clearance We have started to clear the ground in the proposed Wildlife Garden. Anything that is going to rot down we have put in the compost area but very woody things and roots have been stacked outside the garden area. Around the perimeter of the area we have...
2014- March – Vandals make work for Friends.
Damage to Information Board While the Friends are working hard to improve the site, we do get discouraged when we find that other people are causing damage to the area. This was an information board showing the plants and creatures you may find in the Dipping Pond....
2014 – March – Work morning.
Work Done The bases of the fruit trees in the orchard were cleared of weeds and each tree was given a feed of bonemeal. The drains near the Bridle path were rodded to clear them of blockages. Litter was cleared from the edge of the lake. 6 volunteers worked for 2...
2014 – January & February – Feeding the birds.
Money Raised to Feed the Birds WLCT have had their funding cut and so two years ago they decided they could not afford to keep feeding the birds. The Friends thought this would be the loss of a popular attraction and so we have been raising money with which to buy the...
2014 -January – Work Day
Wet weather causing problems The very wet weather we have had since December has meant that the ground on the site is saturated. The footpath along Kestrel Drive is very muddy and so we decided to see what we could do to improve this. On 12th January we cleared the...
2014 – December to January – Managing the Bird Boxes.
Bird Diversity Over the years The Friends have made many different types of bird boxes and sited them around the Three Sisters. As each box was sited it was photographed with a camera which had GPS technology so we know where each box is. We are trying to increase the...