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
Another splendid event down in Tawd Valley Park this weekend. This event saw FoTV, the WLBC Ranger Service and members of the local community come together to discover what wild animals, birds and insects call the valley their home. The group began their adventure near to the Tawd Vale Allotment site and were given a … Read more
Friday saw West Lancashire’s continued Jubilee celebrations come to Skelmersdale. And what better place to hold such an event than at the towns very own Amphitheatre. A perfect location to have such a grand occasion. Unfortunately, the day didn’t start so well. The rain was heavy and relentless. Moods were dampened, but that didn’t stop … Read more
The long bank holiday has been a busy one for the Friends of Tawd Valley. As you may have read in our previous blog, Friday saw FoTV and volunteers helping with the Skelmersdale Jubilee Celebrations. And the Saturday then saw FoTV hosting it’s monthly volunteering session down in the Valley. The activities on the agenda … Read more
