On a fine sunny Saturday morning I met with Brian a conservationist who has a great wealth of knowledge about birds and their habitats after putting up thousands of nest boxes throughout north Cumbria since a boy. He showed me how to put the nesting boxes up and in the correct position taking into account […]
It pays to look around as while walking Ruby my dog through the park in the early part of the week I came across a greater spotted woodpecker tapping away quite happily trying to attract a mate, the nest hole being visible.
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We now have a new waste bin on the park thanks to the Green Spaces team. It is situated at the Cenotaph car park and it is very well used by the park walkers, but it also stood up well when the park flooded this year in March and left the tide mark around the
Friends had a big agenda to get through so we settled down and ploughed on with the help of tea and coffee and delicious home baked gingerbread loaf, yummy, thanks to Barbra for baking it. To see the minutes we will be publishing them as soon as possible to fit into the new designed web
Business Meeting, Tuesday 19th March Read More »
We now have a brand-new wood kissing gate and handrail in place of the old climb over metal stile which was a real pain. It is in keeping with the wooded area that it leads too, so well done to Kim from Green Spaces team.
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The Saturday morning started off wet with a missle of rain as the Friends gathered in Eden Bridge Garden bothy and discussed the jobs for the day that needed doing. Tools were gathered up and off everyone went to their allotted tasks. Weeding, litter picking, pruning, transplanting and a marinade of other little jobs. Anne
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