Tag: volunteers

Nest Boxes Installed

Today's conservation work party comprised ten volunteers who helped at different times during the day. In the morning some cleared the burned gorse from the sand pit area while others installed nest boxes. In the afternoon a few of us pulled up silver birch saplings from the heather patch adjacent to the grassland. This will... Continue Reading →

Conservation Day – Progress Report

Tuesday's work group advanced the boundary post replacement and brash clearing jobs started previously. The tasks were complete by lunch-time so we were able to enjoy the sunny afternoon at our leisure. Thank you to Cheshire Wildlife Trust and our fantastic volunteers! Kevin Griffiths

Conservation Day – Digging & Cutting

Tuesday's team comprised Friends of The Heath, Cheshire Wildlife Trust and a Knutsford Academy student. In total we had ten volunteers, sufficient to do two tasks. One group replaced rotten fence posts that mark the boundary between the reserve and the open grassland, while the other group cut and stacked brash along the boundary with Ladies Mile.... Continue Reading →

Conservation Day – Gorse Gone

Today's conservation work was successful and enjoyable thanks to the many volunteers and the fine sunny weather. The work party comprised three groups: Friends of The Heath (FoTH), Cheshire Wildlife Trust (CWT) and The Conservation Volunteers (TCV). The enthusiastic contributions of so many people meant we got through the work quickly. By the end we... Continue Reading →

Conservation Work Day Report

Thank you everyone for making our first conservation work day a success. We made good progress in clearing gorse from the around the sand pit and we'd have achieved more if the poor weather hadn't hampered us. By lunch time we were soaked through so had to stop. Today we cut back the gorse and... Continue Reading →

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