Back to Work

Bolton Conservation Volunteers | Sunday 18 April 2021 | 0 Comments

After months of nothing but Zoom meetings and virtual conservation we've unboxed our voluntreers and put them back in the real world: wellies, mud, dirt, and aching limbs, happy days are here again. Our first post-lockdown task of 2021 is in the same place as the last task before the first lockdown of 2020, Firwood Fold. We're still limiting our numbers on task and keeping everything clean and safe, but in the coming months we may be able get a bit bigger if all goes well.

So, here we are, it's the beginning of spring, and also Easter weekend, a time of rebirth and new beginnings and in keeping with that theme our first task was to clear away a year's growth of gnarly bramble and to plant up some the hedge with some hazel whips to grow and thrive. Hedges are great, they create wildlife corridors for all kinds of creatures to travel along, and also habitat for nesting birds. It's estimated that a million miles of hedgerow has been lost since the 1950s, today's little stretch might not fill that gap but a journey of a million miles begins with a single step, so we're happy to keep on stepping up for as long as it takes. 

On another theme, well done to all of the Green Umbrella litter pickers for doing such a great job over the last few monthsm especially in the the areas around Blaskshaw Lane, Gilnow Gardens, and Settle Street. Brilliant work..