One year ago, FoTV was awarded the Wild Trout Trust’s – Trout in the Town Official Bronze Chapter Accreditation for the work achieved in improving the river Tawd and its surroundings. Well today, because of the continued hard work to improve the river, FoTV have achieved the criteria requirements in obtaining the next accreditation… And … Read more
STA Level 2 Award in Teaching Swimming – Park Pool, Ormskirk Would you like the opportunity to earn a STA Level 2 Award in Teaching Swimming. This free course will qualify learners to teach non- swimmers, beginners and improvers. This Ofqual regulated qualification is the first step in a swimming teaching career and on successful completion … Read more
Below are details and information regarding our AGM. Our AGM will take place on Tuesday 17th May and will be held at Skelmersdale Ecumenical Centre commencing at 7pm. Please make every effort to attend as we need as many of you to attend as possible in order to move forward the work we undertake in … Read more
THE RESULTS ARE IN!!! We have excitedly received the results from our recently held bat walk event held in Tawd Valley Park. The data below shows the bat species that made themselves known and how many times they passed by. Common Pipistrelle – 75 Soprano Pipistrelle – 10 Noctule – 6 Brown long eared – … Read more
This weekend has been a very busy one for Team Tawd, FoTV and our amazing volunteers. Friday and Saturday saw the creation of a pathway to connect the Meeting Place Picnic Area to the other main public footpaths in the area. On Friday, Team Tawd along with WLBC Ranger Chris got to work using the … Read more
Friday seen the continuation of the pathway maintenance project currently happening down in Tawd Valley Park. WLBC Ranger Chris organised a mini digger, powered wheelbarrow and a whacker plate along with deliveries of stone and gravel. Chris and Team Tawd then got to work digging out a new path line to shift the path away … Read more
Earlier this week, Terry and Mike of FoTV took a visit down to the Tawd Valley Park to identify projects that FoTV and volunteers could achieve during the spring and summer months. One project that required action was the need for maintenance on areas of the riverside pathways that run through the Valley. This had … 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
This morning, FoTV was involved in one of the four tree plantings across the West Lancashire Borough Council area, as part of The Queens Green Canopy Platinum Jubilee project. The chosen site for Skelmersdale’s tree is next to the newly placed rock feature located metres away from where the old bandstand used to be. Fun … Read more
