This year our summer family event is at our new reserve, Bardsey Fields – opposite Bardsey Primary School. The event will run from 11- 2pm, so please bring a picnic. There will be guided walks around the reserve, crafts – including making spiders and willow wands, storytelling and more. It will be great to welcome you to hear our plans for the future of the reserve.
It was lovely to meet everyone who came to our stand at Bardsey Gala on 4th May. We were able to let people know about all the work that we have been doing in Bardsey Fields recently and our work in the Parish in general.
We had craft activities which were enjoyed by all ages. Janine kindly led the felting to make sheep and hedgehogs from fleece. Douglas led the dragonfly making so a big thank you to both of them and all the Trustees and EKWT members who helped on the day.
Come and enjoy the annual bluebell spectacular in Ox Close Wood. We will be meeting at Crabtree Lane car park at 7pm, everyone welcome.
We will be meeting at Bardsey school car park at 10.00am on Saturday 1st March for a community hedge and tree planting session. This is an ideal activity for adults and children alike, so please do join us if you can – families are very welcome.
Please bring a spade and gloves if possible. The site is likely to be muddy and uneven, so make sure that you are wearing appropriate footwear.
This activity is subject to weather conditions, so please keep an eye on the website or Facebook page for any updates closer to the time.
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.
Many thanks to Ann, Robert and some of their colleagues from the Yorkshire Mammal Group who came to Bardsey Fields last weekend to carry out small mammal trapping. This work will give us a baseline for the species of small mammals living there. We laid 50 humane mammal traps on Saturday afternoon, ensuring that any mammals caught had a cosy bed and plenty of food. We then returned on Sunday morning to empty the traps, record and weigh the mammals and then release them safely.
44 people came to set the traps and 50 came to see what had been caught. This was phenomenal as the weather on Sunday morning was very cold and wet!
The children had a great time and were so excited to see whether the traps were closed and what would be inside.
The results of the survey were: 20 woodmice, 6 bank voles and 1 common shrew. This compares with 18 woodmice, 1 bank vole, 1 field vole and 1 common shrew in last years survey.
We will be joined by the Yorkshire Mammal Group to put out humane mammal traps on Saturday 19th October at 4.30pm. The following morning, Sunday 20th October we will meet at 9.30am to open the traps and record, weigh and release whatever we find. On both days we will be meeting outside Bardsey School on Woodacre Lane.
This event is suitable for all ages to attend one or both sessions – a great family event. Please bring stout footwear/wellies as the long grass will be wet. If you would like any more information, please email info@ekwt.org.uk.
We look forward to seeing you there.
We are very sorry to say that we have decided to postpone our Family Day planned for this coming Sunday.
It must be a busy weekend as we have had very few people booking places. As the event takes a lot of preparation and organisation it seems sensible to postpone it.
We are sorry to disappoint those that have booked and we hope to welcome you to another EKWT family event in the Autumn.
Everyone is of course most welcome to visit Ox Close Wood and our other nature reserves at any time.
This event was very well attended and the children enjoyed making models of dragonflies, pond dipping, observing moths and drawing their own wildlife pictures.
