On Tuesday 11th November 2025 the Hyndburn’s Woodlands Project was back at Woodnook Vale LNR creating habitat piles for wildlife! Due to the recent felling works that have been carried out on the site (predominantly Ash suffering from Dieback) there is currently a large amount of brash present on the vale. We decided to put […]
UKBMS Survey Results 2025 @Peel Park & the Coppice LNR
Throughout 2025, Project Officer, Robert Gabryszak, has continued with weekly UKBMS surveys at Peel Park & the Coppice LNR. The walk, or transect, starts at Pleck Meadow and continues through multiple habitats at the site, finishing on the heathland. 2024 was a devastating year for pollinator populations, sparking a Butterfly Emergency Declaration from Butterfly Conservation, […]
Friday 7th November 2025 – UV Fungi Walk
On Friday 7th November 2025 the Hyndburn’s Woodlands Project hosted our first ever ‘UV Fungi Walk’ at Whinney Hill woodland. The session was a trial to see how well it would go. It did go quite well, with participants enjoying the autumnal afternoon walk. Unfortunately, we managed to find more litter than fungi during the […]
Brookside Volunteers and the SVCA Team Up To Build Storage
This Wednesday, the Stanhill Village Community Association and the Brookside volunteers teamed up to install a secure bike container on site. This will support the work of the volunteers and provide a dry storage space for on-site events! Thank you to all who helped out. This work is possible due to funding from the Windfall […]
Tuesday 21st October 2025 – Abbott Clough woodland
On Tuesday 21st October 2025 the Hyndburn’s Woodland’s Volunteers were at Abbott Clough woodland for a very wet session carrying out some maintenance work. We started off steady by cutting back the hedgerow that borders the site, then we tidied up the entrance to make it more visible to passer-by’s, finally we carried out a […]
Brookside Bat Walk Raises £73 for Restoration Project
Last Friday a fantastic 50 people came to our Bat Walk at Brookside, and we raised a whopping £73 for the project! Thank you all who attended, and to Roger ‘Batman’ Cunliffe for his expertise on the night. This work is possible due to funding from the Windfall Fund, the National Lottery Climate Action Fund, […]
Saturday 18th October 2025 – Fungi Foray Walk
On Saturday18th October 2025 the Hyndburn’s Woodlands project hosted a ‘Fungi Foray Walk’ at Whinney Hill woodland! It was a lovely autumnal morning, with clean (and dry) crisp air! Attendees took a gentle walk through the woodland, keeping their eyes peeled for fungi hidden in the overgrowth. Overall, we managed to find and record 18 […]
Meadows across Hyndburn get important restorative cuts!
Throughout Autumn 2025, meadows across Hyndburn have been receiving important restorative cut and collects. Over 1.5ha of meadow has been cut at Peel Park & the Coppice LNR, Woodnook Vale LNR, and Jackhouse nature reserve. All sites were visited by a compact tractor and Jackhouse had some robo-mowers to get to some hard to reach […]
Hyndburn’s Nature Reserves November 2025 Newsletter
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September 2025 – Meadow Maintenance
Throughout September the Hyndburn’s Woodlands project has been carrying out extensive work on the wildflower meadows managed through the project. Meadows managed include the two meadows located in Whinney Hill woodland (the butterfly glade at the tops, and the meadow adjacent to the pond), and jubilee meadow. For Jubilee, we rehired our expert tractor driver […]
Butterfly Bank September 2025 Update
From a patch of grass to a bank bursting with wildflowers, Pleck Meadow’s butterfly bank has come a long way in just one year! Constructed in September 2024, the bank was installed to support native wildflowers and basking invertebrates (primarily butterflies) as it heats up better with its low-nutrient limestone slopes. The bank had a […]
Pleck Meadow’s 4th Annual Cut (2025)
On Monday 8th & Tuesday 9th September 2025, Pleck Meadow at Peel Park and the Coppice LNR had its 4th annual cut! The cut was a great success and the tractor was able to cut more than it has been able to do in previous years. As the meadow has already been cut 3 times […]
Brookside Volunteers Enjoy Scything Masterclass
This week the Thursday gang enjoyed a scything master class lead by expert Steve Tomlin. Scything is an ancient art that is still used today as a zero-carbon way to cut sensitive wildflower meadow areas. Under Steve’s watchful eye, the gang learned how to set up their sycthe, sharpen the blade, and get cracking on […]
Family Fun at Brookside – Hapa Zome Printing
On Monday this week, we hosted a Hapa Zome printing session at the Stanhill Methodist Church. This ancient Japanese art involves hammering flowers and leaves into woven fabric to create beautiful natural designs. Our session used materials gathered from around Hyndburn, and the results were wonderful! This work is possible due to funding from the […]
Saturday 2nd August 2025 – Puppet Making
On Saturday 2nd August the Hyndburn’s Woodlands project held a ‘marionette puppet making’ event at Bank Mill House! This was the first time the project had ran this type of session but we are very happy to say it went extremely well! Participants were handed kits that were created from locally coppiced Hazel. Each kit […]
Over £6.5k raised for our Community Tree Nursery
The generous people of Hyndburn and beyond raised an incredible £6,712 during our Prospects Community Tree Nursery Crowdfunder Campaign! The Campaign opened on the 28th May 2025, and in under 24 hours, we hit our initial target of £2,000! This meant that we were able to create a ‘Stretch Target’ of £4,500, which we surpassed! […]
The Big Butterfly Count Comes to Brookside!
On Tuesday this week, PROSPECTS hosted the first of their summer buttfly surveys, as part of the UK-wide Big Butterfly Count. Dispite the cloudy conditions, our intrepid citizen scientists were treated to a fabulous variety of finds, including green-veined whites, a peacock, red admirals, and speckled wood. Our data will be submitted to the Big […]
Friday 25th July 2025 – Let’s Move Hyndburn
On Friday 25th July 2025 the Hyndburn’s Woodlands Project hosted a stall at one of this year’s ‘Let’s Move Hyndburn’ events! This time we were at Mercer Park, Rishton Road, Clayton-le-moors, Accrington, BB5 5PN. The Let’s Move scheme creates events aimed at encouraging residents of all ages to participant in outdoor activities, connect with the […]