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Winter Wavers
With the good old Jet Stream bouncing up and down the Lines of Latitude like a yo-yo, the ages-old tussle between the forces of Winter and Spring is still very […]
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Bramble Control at Mersey Vale Nature Park
HMVCG volunteers returned today to a wintry Mersey Vale Nature Park to continue the task of cutting back the brambles, non native shrubs and self seeded trees from the top […]
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Walk The Main Line to Mersey Vale
A wildlife-rich stroll along old railways to the riverside path back to base Walk is about 1¾ miles, largely on tarred or compacted-surface paths and tracks and mostly level. Wear […]
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Park and Bowl Reconnected
When we arrived on this sunny November morning the bank behind the park railings overlooking Vale Close and the Bowl was so overgrown that all that was visible was brambles […]
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View of Bowl restored from Vale Close
This Sunday volunteers swapped rakes and forks for loppers and saws and set to on the overgrown area of Vale Close to restore the viewing point across the Bowl. Hundreds […]
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Local people pull together
Last Sunday, encouraged by the vast improvement made to the Sidings Orchard the weekend before (see previous post), the volunteers came back to finish the job. Even better, more people […]
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The Sidings Orchard Re-emerges
This Sunday proved to be another fruitful day for our wonderful volunteers! The fruit trees planted at this community orchard in the last decade were being swamped by scrub. But […]
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Vale Close Grassland Management
It’s amazing how much seven volunteers can do in just 1 hour on a warm, summer evening ……… Standing and fallen decaying wood and old plants are very important for […]
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Cheshire Wildlife Trust to help us with Heaton Mersey’s Greenspaces
For weeks now a committed group of local residents have been giving up some of their spare time to help rid the park of the Himalayan Balsam – not a […]
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Successful Balsam Bash on Sunday 21 June
Twenty volunteers turned up in Heaton Mersey Park last Sunday morning (21 June) and set to work literally pulling out thousands of plants. (The roots are so shallow, you can […]
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