Hyndburn's Community-Owned Environmental Charity
On Saturday 24th February 2024 the Whinney Hill Helpers were carrying out a litter pick across the woodland. An extensive amount of litter and fly-tipping was removed from the woodland, including the front bumper of a car. Around 5 bin bags worth of litter were also removed along with the fly-tipping.
Thank you to our volunteers for helping us keep our woodlands clean!
Funded by Lancashire County Council, Hyndburn Borough Council, and the Windfall Fund.
On Tuesday 23rd January the Hyndburn’s Woodlands Volunteering were back at Whinney Hill carrying out some Invasive Non-Native Species (INNS) management.
This time, we were tackling Small-leaved Cotoneaster which had likely escaped from neighbouring allotments, this shrub has a tendency to spread and grow very large, thus occupying woodland space that native species could occupy. Removal is a large job, that first requires lopping the shrub into small, manageable pieces. Once removed, the extensive roots need to be dug out in their entirety.
A new INNS was then tackled, bamboo, which had escaped from nearby gardens. For now, this involved simply cutting the shoots down as close to the ground as possible. The cut shoots have been put to good use for various activities.
Thank you to our hardworking volunteers who held fast through the poor weather to help keep our woodlands native.
Funding provided by Lancashire County Council, Hyndburn Borough Council, and the Windfall Fund.
On Friday 12th January 2024 Hyndburn’s Woodlands Officer, Brandon Cherry, assisted with the installation of an art piece at Rishton Railway Station.
This job took multiple days and first involved creating a sturdy network of supporting frames to hold the artwork, which itself required the digging of multiple, measured, holes to hold them.
Art pieces were then glued onto each supporting frame in sequence. We are very happy with the final piece and hope visitors to the station are too.
