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Nature Notes – October 2019
Along the River Mersey on the 2nd I noted several troops of the Yellowing Knight Fungus (Tricholoma scalpturatum) growing with a variety of deciduous trees – they seem to be having a […]
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Nature Notes – September 2019
The ambiguous weather conditions continued, a test of the human patience and the lives of the bugs, birds and blooms. On the 2nd Travellers Joy (Clematis vitalba) and Russian Vine (Fallopia baldschuanica) were both […]
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Howl-o-ween Sunday 27th October
Howl-o-ween, Heaton Mersey Park Sunday 27th October 12 – 2pm It’s time for another barking mad Howl-o-ween. Starting at 12 noon: 12.00-14.00 Café opens 12.00 Choir 12.30 Story time 13.00 Fancy dress […]
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Nature Notes – August 2019
Another wicked month of unpredictable weather that meant that sightings were low throughout. A highpoint early on was the public walk on the 5th that saw 25 folk pootle along and […]
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Nature Notes – July 2019
During the early part of the month I was on my travels but on the 9th, when I returned, I had a brief wander around the orchard in the pouring rain […]
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Nature Notes – June 2019
Area surveyed – Sidings Orchard, grassland up to the old railway bridge and the adjacent dipping pond. June was a testing month, the rain just wouldn’t abate and the chances […]
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Nature Notes – May 2019
Area surveyed – Sidings Orchard, grassland up to the old railway bridge and the adjacent dipping pond. On the 2nd Bird’s Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus); Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum) and […]
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Storytelling in the Orchard – Saturday 15th June
Come down to the The Sidings Orchard at Mersey Vale Nature Park on Saturday 15th June for an afternoon picnic and storytelling with professional storyteller Susie Oldfield. Please see our […]
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Dates for your diary
Lots of things happening over the next couple of months. Please contact us if you would like further information about any of the following events. We’ll also add details to […]
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HMVCG Open Meeting – 7pm, Tues 30th April
This is an opportunity for local people to get together and talk about what is happening in the neighbourhood and green issues.and to identify ways of nurturing our community green […]
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