by Joy Winstanley | Sep 29, 2017 | Activities |
Wigan Council has been running a competition for its school children as part of The Green Heart Project. The first photo shows a winning heart being put in Mesnes Park in Wigan. The other three photos are of another winning heart which was placed at the lakeside at...
by Joy Winstanley | Jun 6, 2017 | Activities |
As part of The Deal, Wigan Council allow their staff two paid days each year when they can do voluntary work. We were delighted when a group from the audit office came to help at our Summer Spruce-Up day. They joined a group from Hope School and a number of other...
by Joy Winstanley | May 11, 2017 | Activities |
The Bird Feeding Station is looking rather the worse for wear after the winter and Tony set about cleaning and painting it. These photos show what a wonderful job he did. Well Done...
by Joy Winstanley | Mar 20, 2017 | Activities |
Some of the students from Hope School had been making bird boxes in their workshop and after they had worked with us on our Spring Cleaning Day they decided to give these boxes to us for the site. Tony and Dave invited the students to come and help them to put the...
by Joy Winstanley | Mar 15, 2017 | Activities |
As part of the Council’s Big Spring Clean we organised a Spring Cleaning Day. About 25 volunteers turned up to help us and everyone worked hard for many hours. We were very lucky with the weather as the previous day had been wet and windy and the following day...
by Joy Winstanley | Mar 3, 2017 | Activities |
Winter is the time we carry out work on our bird boxes. Every box is inspected. If it is broken it is either repaired or replaced, depending on its condition. Old nesting material is removed and the box is disinfected using a special liquid which is safe for the birds...
