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March Volunteering
We have two volunteering events scheduled for March, and we would love your help! 1. Community Litter Pick Our first event will be a community litter pick on Sunday, 23rd March, when we will join the Great British Spring Clean, a national campaign organised by Keep Britain Tidy. We have pledged to collect twenty bags... Continue Reading →
Heathland Management – 21st February
Friday's Nature Conservation Workday brought out a dedicated band of volunteers, undeterred by the rain and winds forecast. Our tasks for the day focused on heathland management, specifically the removal of gorse and tree saplings from two areas of heather. This work is essential to prevent the heather from being overtaken by scrub and trees.... Continue Reading →
Nature Conservation Work – 21st February
Following our enjoyable nature conservation workday last month, we invite everyone to join us for our February session. We will continue caring for The Heath with activities such as scrub clearing under the supervision of the Cheshire Wildlife Trust. The session will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., but you are welcome to join... Continue Reading →
BGB 2025 – The Results
Big Garden Birdwatch Volunteers - photo by Karina Stanley We held our ninth annual RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch on Sunday morning. Members of the Friends of The Heath (FoTH) and the Knutsford Ornithological Society (KOS) combined to form three teams, each covering a different section of The Heath for one hour. The birds seemed elusive... Continue Reading →
Thinning and Sowing – 17th January
On Friday, we held our first nature conservation workday of the year. The chilly weather did not deter our enthusiastic volunteers, who came well wrapped up. Andy Stubbs from the Cheshire Wildlife Trust led us in woodland thinning, which involved removing small Holly trees and non-native species. Volunteers Tackling Holly We heaped the cut branches... Continue Reading →
Big Garden Birdwatch 2025
We will hold our Big Garden Birdwatch on Sunday 26th January. Friends of The Heath are participating in a pan-Knutsford event with Friends of the Moor and the Knutsford Ornithological Society. Friends of the Moor will have their session on the Moor on Saturday, and we will have ours on The Heath on Sunday. The... Continue Reading →