Although the weather was really too wet for the art event, the maintenance and conservation volunteers were not that easily put off. The hardy volunteer team had the task of planting 60 Holly trees along the boundary of Childwall Abbey Road where there is no fence but a 6ft drop…
It is not a secret that there are roughly 2000 square metres of Japanese Knotweed on the Childwall Fields. You may have heard that Japanese Knotweed is an invasive species which, if left unchecked will overrun the whole site before moving out into the surrounding roads. It has a reputation…
The first event of the year got off to a brilliant start with good friends meeting and greeting. Friends have been keeping the woods clear of litter for years now and many residents take a black bag into the woods each time they walk there. This has reduced the amount…
There isn’t much that will stop the army of litter pickers from clearing litter from the woods, but the December wind was just too fierce to risk litter picking in the woods. Did we all go home? No chance. We cleared the litter from the gutters and footpaths around…
November litter pick began the same as usual with smiles and hellos and plenty of determination to get the litter picked up. A three-pronged attack was launched. One group to the Triangle, another to the carriageway and another group to clean up the rest of the woods. How can…
The rain didn’t stop play today. Unlike cricket, litter picking is a year-round sport and on the whole, I firmly believe we are winning. Today our team of volunteers tackled the roads and woods with a concerted effort to shift the debris entangled in the deposited branches along the carriageway.…
September; the dog days of summer fading in memory with the autumnal equinox approaching making the days noticeably shorter and cooler. Our litter-pick was greeted by a subdued sun; nevertheless, more welcome than any rain. It’s a strange fact that during the peak of our summer here in the Northern hemisphere,…
The commitment and resolve of our willing workforce overcame any weather concerns with a fantastic eighteen volunteers and FCWF committee members braving the expected rain. With sixteen bags of litter and yet another orphaned traffic cone to repurpose, the efforts of the volunteers today were clearly in evidence. The focus…
This gallery contains 6 photos.
Overgrown unpassable paths on Childwall Fields before work began. Sunday 21/7/2019. Friends of Childwall Woods and Fields and South Childwall Residents Association undertook path clearance removing brambles and overgrowth preventing access to the lower paths close to Childwall Lane. Eleven volunteers spent a few hours persuading and encouraging nature to…
Output: 19 mostly half-filled bin bags of general litter A significant number of small steel canister’s used to make whipped cream! Another (large) traffic cone. The bags and other items were left aside the litter bin at the Childwall Lane gatehouse entrance ready for the pre-arranged collection by the Council…