by Joy Winstanley | Nov 10, 2014 | Activities, blog |
Extension to compost bin The morning was bright and sunny and five Friends met on the car park to work. A young man arrived to ask if he could help us as he is just starting to do his Duke of Edinburgh award and he would like to volunteer at the Three Sisters....
by Joy Winstanley | Nov 2, 2014 | Activities |
P1030867 P1030869 P1030870 Access to Old Dipping Pond While walking round the Three Sisters today, we discovered that ‘SOMEONE’ is re-building the board walk that goes from Kestrel Drive, past the Old Dipping Pond and comes out near the Main Drive. The...
by Joy Winstanley | Oct 21, 2014 | Activities |
Lydia moves to pastures new. We were sad to hear that one of our links with Lancashire Wildlife Trust, Lydia McCool, is going to be leaving us to take up a new post in Bolton. We will miss her as she has been very enthusiastic about things we have done on the Three...
by Joy Winstanley | Sep 20, 2014 | Activities |
Do not feed bread to the birds on the lake. The condition of the lake appears to be back to normal with no dead birds reported since 1st September 2014. The Avian Botulism that was present in the lake is not harmful to dogs which enter the water unless they bite or...
by Joy Winstanley | Aug 15, 2014 | Activities |
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...