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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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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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Our industrious volunteers now look after the award winning Sidings Orchard!
We are really proud to announce that our Wassail, held in January 2018 at Mersey Vale Nature Park’s Sidings Orchard, won us an award. The award was presented by The […]
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All About Apples – a community event at Heaton Mersey’s community orchard
Come along on Sunday 14th January 2018 to your local community orchard to celebrate apples and enjoy an afternoon of fruit themed fun. We are also marking the grand opening […]
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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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