We will be meeting at Bardsey School car park at 10.00am on Sunday 19th January. Please wear suitable clothing and footwear and if possible bring a spade.
All ages are welcome.
This event is subject to ground preparation and weather conditions, so please check Facebook and the website for any updates nearer the time.
On behalf of East Keswick Village Hall and East Keswick Wildlife Trust, we invite you to our ‘Tree planting party’ on Sunday 24th November from 10.30am – 2.30pm at East Keswick Village Hall Climate Change garden.
This coincides with National Trees Week which takes place from November 23rd to December 1st.
In the Village Hall’s drive to tackle climate change and provide homes for wildlife, we look forward to welcoming you to participate in planting our orchard, cherry blossom trees and hedgerows.
Come along with your family and friends to help develop a greener, tree-filled legacy for future generations to enjoy. It might be wet, muddy and a bit chilly, but there will be plenty of hot tea, coffee and biscuits to keep us energised and toasty warm. Please bring a spade if you have one, suitable footwear and gloves – plus food to barbeque.
This event was very well attended and the children enjoyed making models of dragonflies, pond dipping, observing moths and drawing their own wildlife pictures.
We will be meeting at the woodstore in Elliker Wood at 10.30am. The entrance to Elliker is next to 21, The Paddock, East Keswick.
Activities will include making a dragonfly, looking at the wonderful world of moths, pond dipping and butterfly and wild flower identification. We expect to finish by 1pm. Please bring a drink and a snack.
Booking is required – please send an email with details of your party to info@ekwt.org.uk
We hope to see you there!
The weather was lovely and we had 25 people who came to see the spectacular spring flowers on the annual bluebell walk.
Wetherby U3A wildlife group visited Ox Close at the end of April. They were treated to the spring flowers and learnt about the management work undertaken in the wood.
Come and enjoy the beautiful bluebells in Ox Close Wood.
Meet at Crabtree Lane car park at 7pm.
All welcome.
On Sunday March 24th, a good number of the Wildlife Trust members met to observe the different bird species in the Parish. We usually carry out the survey in January, but had to postpone it until March this year. After a chilly start the sun came out and it was a lovely day.
The total number of species recorded was 48 as opposed to 36 last year. Some of the additional species seen were lapwing, snipe and goosander.
Many thanks to everyone who took part.
We had a great family work party last Sunday and even had some sunshine after a rainy start. We planted over 200 hazel saplings in the newly coppiced areas which will be a source of early pollen and provide cover.
It was lovely to see such a range of ages working together and we’d like to thank everyone who joined us.
The date of the Winter Bird survey has been changed from February 25th to Sunday March 24th.
Meet outside St Mary’s Church, Moor Lane East Keswick at 10.00am. Please bring binoculars with you if you have them.