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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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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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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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