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Friends of Tawd Valley have had a featured section in the Our Lancashire Newsletter for West Lancashire February 2022. Click the link below to check out the OUR Lancashire website for news, events and information about your local area: Our Group Finder – OUR Lancashire
This week, Friends of Tawd Valley had the honour of showing off the Tawd Valley Park to some of our Douglas Catchment Partnership friends. We started off with a walk along the river, taking in sights and sounds that the valley had to offer. We trekked across the recently maintained (thank you to FoTV volunteers) … Read more
Neighbour to the Tawd Valley Park with its rolling grasslands, deep mixed woodlands and patchy wetlands is the stunning Beacon Country Park, which has everything a nature lover, rambler, cyclist and equestrian could wish for. Nestled between Skelmersdale and Wigan, the 260 acre park boasts a year on year Green Flag Award and rightly so. … Read more
This weekend FoTV volunteers courageously defied the elements and battled through the cold wind and rain to get the job done. The Meeting Place Project has been in planning for some time and this Friday and Saturday finally seen spades hit the ground and work get well underway. On Friday, Team Tawd – Don, Peter … Read more
This morning representatives of Friends of Tawd Valley, WLBC Ranger Service and the Ribble Rivers Trust were at the proposed site for the new Damselfly Wetland area, listening to the local communities thoughts and ideas about the project. The wetland will be located in the Tawd Valley Park on the grassland next to the public … Read more
There are 18 wooden wildlife badges on a number of bridges, fences and posts along the Tawd Valley Park. Can you find them all? We’ll give you a head start on the 1st one – First wooden bridge by the Skelmersdale Police Station. Good luck and most of all – HAVE FUN!!! 1. Acorn 2. … Read more
Jake Oseland is a project assistant on the Douglas Challenge Project and a member of Groundwork Cheshire, Lancashire and Merseyside. Check out what he has been up to at the Tawd Valley Park earlier this month on his newly formed Love My Rivers blog page: 06/01/2022 Weirs and Geese (lovemyriver.blogspot.com)
Fantastic turnout today for the opening of the Tawd Valley MTB Trails Track. Many thanks to the Mayor of West Lancashire Borough Council for opening this amazing new asset in the park for people of all ages to enjoy. Thank you to the WLBC Park Ranger Service for all their efforts on seeing this project … Read more
Over the past few months Friends of Tawd Valley have been working with the Love My River Project Officer Samuel Gibson. Kick Sampling is the typical method that involves disturbing the material on the bed of a river or stream and collecting the freed organisms in a net. In an effort to improve the River … Read more
This is the biggest Citizen Science Project ever. Participate for just one hour on any of the above days, recording the birds you see, in your garden, your balcony or in your local park – YES!!! The Tawd Valley Park included. Its so sImple to join in. All you have to do is record the … Read more
