Knighton Wild committee member Bev Hart is a member of Leicestershire Hedgehog Rescue and looks after hedgehogs that have been rescued from accidents or found by members of the public in a bad way. She currently has eleven hedgehogs and is desperate for old newspapers that she can use for bedding for the hedgehogs and […]
Month: December 2017
Bird Nesting Boxes for St Mary’s Churchyard – January 2018
We plan to put up a small number of bird nesting boxes in St Mary Magdalen Churchyard on Saturday 20th January between 1.30 pm and 4.00 pm. There will be a session the previous Saturday (13th January) for a small number of people to build the nest boxes. Space is limited due to the size […]
Practical Work at Wash Brook Nature Park – January 2018
Leicester Environment Volunteers have organised two sessions at Wash Brook Nature Park in January. The first, on Thursday 18th January from 10.00 am to 12.30 pm, will follow on from the work we did on 20th December around the pond, removing more sedge, cutting back the brambles and scrub that is encroaching on the pond, […]
Photos of Pond Clearing at Wash Brook Reserve
Thank you to the group who turned out today (20th December) to clear in and around the pond on the Wash Brook Nature Park and to Pete and Vicky, the environmental rangers from the City Council, for leading the session. The management plan includes clearing one third of the pond each year, and some of […]
It’s Your Neighbourhood Success – 2017
Knighton Wild was awarded Level 3- Advancing at the It’s Your Neighbourhood Awards in Leicester for our work in St Mary’s Churchyard in Knighton. The award reflects the work that we have put in to the churchyard, but are at the early stages compared to some well established groups. The top level is 5. The […]
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