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It took the wrong root. Last Friday saw Team Tawd and WLBC Ranger Chris Horsfall clearing fallen trees from two pathways within Tawd Valley Park. Chris donned his safety gear and got to work with his trusty chainsaw, cutting through the trees that were blocking public access through the Tawd Valley Park. As the trunks … Read more

Last Thursday, FoTV had the great pleasure of being involved in Groundworks’ Love My Rivers project volunteer day down at Tawd Valley Park. The morning started with a site visit and inspection of Cobb’s Clough Weir. Here the group witnessed and confirmed reports of fish waiting down-stream of the weir, unable to pass on up … Read more

The weekend saw FoTV join Groundworks and their Love My Rivers Project, Rivington Country Park Rangers, Environment Times and other members of the Douglas Catchment Partnership for some Kick Sampling near to the River Douglas source at Lower Rivington Reservoir, Bolton. The group split into two teams and kick sampled a number of locations along … Read more

We have been asked by many members of the public, what they should do when they witness pollution within the River Tawd. So, we have designed these little info plaques and fixed them along some of the main bridges that cross the river. On these plaques you will see the Environment Agency’s hotline telephone number … Read more

Fantastic weekend at the Green Fayre. Thank you to everyone who came to say “Hello”. We loved seeing you all. We had the “Name the Bear” competition and the raffle competition with some amazing prizes to be won. 1st prize – A framed deer photo from our very own local wildlife photographer – Dave Gibson, … Read more

Thursday saw Friends of Tawd Valley join Groundworks’ Love My River projects volunteer day. The group, led by the LMR project officer Samuel Gibson, met on a housing estate near to one of the many entrances to Smithy Brook. Smithy Brook is a small stream that runs right through the heart of Pemberton and Orrell, … Read more

Saturday brought another fantastic community day at Tawd Valley Park. A group of around 15 members of the community joined in for our “Riverfly Monitoring Experience” event. The group gathered together at the usual meeting place at the Tawd Valley Allotments on Manfield in Ashurst, where Mike Flaherty (FoTV), Samuel Gibson (Love My River Officer) … Read more

After the recent pollution incident on the River Tawd, FoTV were keen to conduct a kick sampling session to determine the affects it had on the rivers health and it’s wildlife. Results showed that the number of invertebrates, such as freshwater shrimp and olive mayfly nymph had dropped slightly, but there were still a good … Read more

The rain held off for FoTV and volunteers on Saturday as they continued with the important work of Balsam Bashing down in Tawd Valley Park. The morning began at the classroom with a tool box talk from FoTV Chairman – Terry Lake. He explained what areas where in need of a good bashing, he also … Read more