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 […]
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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 […]
Pond Cleaning at Wash Brook Nature Reserve – 20th December 2017
Note change of time Come and help tidy up the pond and the area around it at the Wash Brook Nature Reserve (off Knighton Lane East near Lancaster Academy and Sir Jonathan North Community College) from 12.00 noon to 3.00 pm on Wednesday 20th December 2017. We shall be working with the City Council, who […]
Hedge Laying in the Churchyard
Eleven of us spent a busy time on Saturday 25th November laying a hedge in the churchyard at St Mary Magdalen in Knighton. There were a number of small trees along the fence on the north side of the churchyard, which can be seen in the ‘before’ photo here. We trimmed the smaller trees then […]
Help with Hedge Laying in the Churchyard
Members of Knighton Wild will be laying the hedge along the north side of St Mary’s churchyard in Knighton on Saturday 25th November 2017 from 10.00 am to 4.00 pm. Please come along and lend a hand. No experience is necessary. There will be a range of different kinds of jobs to do – […]
Newsletter – 31st October 2017
Read our latest newsletter and find out about our next meeting on Plant Galls, a practical session of hedge laying in St Mary’s Churchyard, and our December meeting on Wildlife Photography.
Urban Buzz – Walk round possible sites
Urban Buzz is the Buglife project to establish sites that support pollinators in eight cities across the UK. It was launched in leicester last month. We are proposing some sites in Knighton as possible places where Urban Buzz could carry out projects. These are the Attenborough Arboretum (if Leicester University is interested), Knighton Park, Kenwood […]
Hedge Laying and Bug Hotels
Saturday 25th November 2017, 10.00 am to 4.00 pm St Mary’s Churchyard, Knighton, LE2 3WG Thank you to the volunteers who turned out to help rake the grass cuttings in the churchyard last month. Here are some photos of the event turned into a short video. Join Knighton Wild for a practical day, with a […]
CrowdFund Leicester – Kenwood Road Green Space
Leicester City Council has launched a new initiative for funding community projects. They have linked with SpaceHive, a crowdfunding platform (a website that provides a means for people to pledge money to projects), to create CrowdFund Leicester. They have also created a budget of £100,000 for community engagement, which will be allocated to some projects […]
Wildlife Photography – Getting Closer – 13th December 2017
Alan Cann – member of Knighton Wild and local photographer talking about wildlife photography 7.30 pm, Knighton Parish Centre, Church Lane, Knighton, LE2 3WG Alan says, “Like many photographers I started off with a compact camera I could put in my pocket. Like a phone camera, this is good for general use but not so […]
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