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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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Avian Antics On The River Mersey
It’s that time of year, when resident birds and migrants all set about perpetuating their species. Our little stretch of the Mersey Valley is a pretty good place to do […]
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Heaton Mersey: A Stroll Through Time
At our last open meeting our favourite local historian, Audrey Butler took us on a literary stroll of the history of Heaton Mersey – from when the bleachworks opened up […]
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Mersey Valley Feathers & Fur
It was a flash of white half-glimpsed beyond the thick tangle of hawthorns, crack-willows and alders that caught my old mate Taff’s eye. The handsome devil (the bird, not Taff) […]
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