National Nature Reserve

A public meeting for local people - this Saturday 7th Nov, 10am - 11.30am - on Zoom



www.facebook.com/carbonlandscape

Lets hope it comes to pass jo anne.

Yes, it sounds like it’s a worthwhile endeavour, Lolly.

I forgot to post the free ticket link earlier - Eventbrite

The Carbon Landscape Partnership - Facebook (7th Nov):

Thank you to everyone who attended today. It was encouraging to see …

This five session course is for local people who want to help shape the proposed National Nature Reserve (NNR). Participants will receive a free resource pack for the course and so must provide their postal address details.

Eventbrite: Engaging with the Proposed National Nature Reserve from Wigan to Leigh

Zoom Timetable

• Thu 19th Nov, 6–8pm  
Dr Joanne Tippett and Fraser How
‘Developing the vision - What works? Heritage and where we are starting’

• Sat 21st Nov, 10am-12pm  
Stephen Atkins
‘Surveying and ID Skills’

• Thu 26th Nov, 6–8pm  
Dr Joanne Tippett and Fraser How
‘Visioning and the bigger picture - opportunities and creative ideas’

• Sat 28th Nov, 10am-12pm  
Dr Mark Champion
‘Virtual Visit to Pearson's Flash’

• Thu 3rd Dec, 6–8pm  
Dr Joanne Tippett and Fraser How
‘Planning for the future - ways forward’

Habitat training in grasslands, woodlands and wetlands is also available - FB Events

For more information, please email proposednnr@lancswt.org.uk

Great stuff, jo anne...

I'm always pleased to see things like this.

The Carbon Landscape Partnership - Facebook (21st May 201):

@ArchiveWigLeigh



Link: www.eventbrite.co.uk

Nature is a great leveller..

Joshua Styles - @joshual951 (27th Jul):
What @Lancswildlife and @WiganCouncil have achieved for their urban grassy spaces over the past two decades is nothing short of astounding! Here’s a short vid I did to showcase some of their amazing grasslands:

From today’s celebration of Carbon Landscape
as the 5-year National Lottery Heritage Funded project draws to a close:


@MerseyRivers

Carbon Landscape link?

Whoops, well spotted, Lolly! I’ve fixed it now, sorry for the mix up .

It should’ve been a link to this tweet:

Flashes Festival of Nature
Sun 16th Jul ‘23, 11am - 3pm
Pennington Flash



BBC NW (9th Jul ‘23)  

Wigan Council: News / Info

The ‘Flashes Festival of Nature’ will be the public launch of The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh - Greater Manchester’s first and only National Nature Reserve (NNR).

There will be a host of nature-themed activities including nature walks and accessible trails, foraging, ecocrafts and activities, nature stalls, face painting, photography and wild art.

Cllr Chris Ready, the portfolio holder for communities and neighbourhoods, said: “The Flashes Festival of Nature is a chance for our whole community to come together and celebrate our precious flashes, which we were proud to see declared as a National Nature Reserve by Natural England last October.” (News)

"Wigan is now one of the greenest boroughs in England"

It's about time they put some money into the actual Nature Reserves instead of pouring it into fancy new cafe's and car parks. I've visited Pennington Flash and Three Sisters recently and the state of the nature reserve parts is a disgrace. In the theme of other money spent on the NNR a permanent nature reserve warden service like we used to have is peanuts!

I know very little about Wigan’s former nature reserve warden service, Oy, beyond the fact that wardens worked in Haigh Hall plantations.

I’ve heard of guided tours the wardens used to give, and once emailed the team about a wooden sculpture near the little train track to receive an informative reply: WW Thread (2010).

It certainly makes sense to have dedicated staff for the nature reserves

Link: www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/things-to-do