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
Why do most people dislike anchovies…? Because they’re a little fishy. As readers of our blogs may already know, some members of FoTV have recently undertaken the Riverfly Partnership Monitoring Training. This training will help to accurately document and record riverfly populations, understand & improve river health and to protect and conserve habitat for wildlife … Read more
Friends of Tawd Valley was invited by the Park Rangers Service to set up a stall at the WLBC Dog Festival at Beacon Country Park, today. The rain stayed away and the event was a massive success with hundreds of people and dogs attending. We did our best to get the FoTV name out there … Read more
Just a quick update on “The Adventures of Captain Ranger Chris and his Team Tawd Troop”. It was a busy Friday morning for Team Tawd and Ranger Chris as they finished off the pathway near to the Meeting Place Picnic Area and the Community Fruit Orchard. Well done!!! Its looking fantastic!!!
…but Fridays Team Tawd have done it again!!! Friday saw another valiant effort from Ranger Chris and Team Tawd as they created a seating area alongside the old brick pathway, that comes off of Summer Street and heads towards Houghton’s Road Wildlife Pond. They used fallen logs that were already in the area to complete … Read more
It was that time of the month again on Saturday, when our volunteers come together to get stuck into whatever tasks needed doing down in the Tawd Valley Park. This volunteer event was all about having a good ol’ spring clean in a chosen section of the Valley. The areas covered for maintenance and clean-up … Read more
Who’d of known that a 4AM, yes I said 4AM, even existed!!! Sunday morning brought about FoTV’s much anticipated Dawn Chorus Event. And what a thrilling event it was. FoTV, our members, Ranger Chris and members of the public all met at Tawd Valley allotments, before the sun even thought of raising its head, to … Read more
Saturday night saw FoTV host its first event of the year – The Big Bat Walk. Just under 30 attendees met at Tawd Valley Allotments at 8pm to listen to Billinge Bat Rescues – Harold and Mike, who gave a talk and a Q&A on bats that inhabit the British Isles. The talk held the … Read more
Wednesday saw FoTV along with other groups and organisations of the Douglas Catchment Partnership come together to receive their Riverfly Monitoring Training down in Tawd Valley Park. Mike Duddy of the Mersey Rivers Trust, who was the teacher for the day, started off at Skelmersdale Library with welcomes and introductions. He then proceeded with the … Read more
Last Sunday, The River Squadron visited Tigers Clough in Rivington, not only to get some more kick sampling practice in, but also to compare the results they recorded here with the results that they have obtained from past River Tawd kick sampling sessions. Tigers Clough is situated in the ancient Knollshaw Estate and is near … Read more
