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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas Ev'rywhere you go; Take a look at cute elf homes, Chris and Si have honed With doors and bugs...


Chestnuts, cheer and creativity!
Today was a day of creativity and community, with Bolton NEWT putting on an event to paint Christmas tree decorations, outside in our new...


Planting daffodils and Community Engagement
Today's task was a little low on numbers, Adele was in Nottingham doing a 5k run to raise money for the British Legion, Jasmine was still...


Breightmet Halloween 2018
Earlier this year Bolton NEWT committee members set out a plan to host a Halloween event for the south side of Breightmet. What started...


Hagalaz - transformation - thanks to Volunteer Rangers
I choose a rune each morning and today's was Hagalaz. The literal meaning of this rune is hail and it represents destruction but this is...


Restoring a lost Wildflower Meadow
Over the last few tasks we have been managing the south section of a wildflower meadow at Leverhulme Park that is divided by a public...


Did anybody notice the rain?
Our usual blogger Jasmine had been focusing on her art exhibition, which means Chris is here to write a detailed account of the day's...


Raking, rattling and reaping
Today is THE day (12th August) to sow yellow-rattle and so Bolton NEWT were out on Leverhulme Park at one of the wildflower meadow sites....


Weave, oh weave, the willow
When I was a child I would draw the same picture over and over again - a willow tree over a pond with a swan or duck and some bull...


Please don't send me flowers - come to our park
After a morning of further balsam bashing, (I know in this heat!), with Rob and John joining in to push back the invading plant, Bolton...
North East Wildlife Trail
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