We meet weekly, every Friday, except the last Friday of every month. Working under the supervision of the Wildlife Trust we carry out conservation work on Seven Acres Local Nature Reserve. Some of the work is quite physical (repairing fences, coppicing trees, litter-picking etc.) but each volunteer is encouraged to as much (or as little!) as they want.
There are usually 6-8 in the group on a Friday but, being a friendly, social bunch we always looking to meet new people. Come and give it a try: initial contact is advisable via the Wildlife Trust on 01204 663754 or drop us an email at: barbourjohn2@virginmedia.com
John Barbour
01204 663754
The Friends of Seven Acres have been in operation since 2005 and we usually meet-up, on a Friday, under the guidance and supervision of the Wildlife Trust.
The £500.00 grant allowed us to buy our own tools which gave us a degree of independence from the Wildlife Trust and allow us to do a wide range of conservation work around the Seven Acres Local Nature Reserve.
Although we usually meet up collectively just once a week, members of the Friends group can be seen picking up litter More.....
This photograph shows some of the Seven Acres Squad (the SAS) working on 12th December - we managed to plant over 500 saplings on the Seven Acres reserve! There were eleven different species of trees all ordered for specific parts of the reserve.
Famous beyond Bolton! Seven Acres Country Park was listed as one of 12 beauty spots "on the outskirts of Manchester that are perfect for an autumn walk".
Well, it's also a beauty spot for a walk in spring, summer and winter - along with so many other wonderful green spaces around Bolton. We are so lucky....
But also wonderful to see the other amazing and beautiful places listed in the article.
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The SAS (Seven Acres Squad!) regard the Bury Road fence line as the ‘showroom window’ to the Reserve and we recently cleared away all the foliage that was spoiling the view!
In spite of the appalling weather we had a good number of encouraging comments from the passing traffic
Many thanks to Bolton Green Umbrella for the donation towards our new bench on Seven Acres. See attached the press release photograph showing a few of the Friends of Seven Acres – and couple of local dog-walkers.. Thanks once again! We are now trying to raise a further £1000 - for more benches on Seven Acres, so if anyone can help please contact us via our website: http://www.7acres.org.uk/ Click here to reach the website More.....
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