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24/09/2008 |
AGM.
The Annual General Meeting of FORCE will be held at All Hallows
Church from 7.00pm. FORCE welcomes any nominations for the committee.
The AGM will be followed by refreshments and a talk by Dr Anne Todd of
London Wildlife Trust on her recent work as a historian of the River
Crane Corridor. |
07/09/2008
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Sixth Crane Valley Open Day - 7th September 2008
FORCE and Friends of Kneller Gardens are pleased to invite you to
a celebration of the local community and Crane Valley. This is an event
for all ages and includes:
- Dog show (Kneller Gardens at 1.00pm)
- Herb walks (this and all other events from 2.00pm)
- Food tasting
- Story telling
- Face painting
- Childrens' activities
- Shooting practice (Rifle Club)
- Allotment produce exhibits (Marsh Farm Allotments)
- Beer Tent
The centre for
activities will be Craneford Fields, but activities are spread over all
local sites (see programme on day for details). Come along, bring a
picnic, meet your neighbours and enjoy a pint of the locally-brewed
Crane Sundancer from Twickenham Fine Ales.
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07/08/2008 |
Response to Mogden Sewage Treatment Works Planning Application 00768/H/P24. |
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07/08/2008 |
Response to Richmond College's Draft Planning Brief (May 2008) |
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13/07/2008 |
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WORK DAY.
Completing work conducted on the June work day, including painting of
the DNR tunnel under the railway, next to Mereway Nature Park and
finishing the parking deterrents along the verges of Mereway Nature
Park. |
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01/07/2008 |
| MAMMAL SURVEY.
Alison Fure has just completed a survey for mammals on the Rifle
Club and Mereway. Healthy populations of Wood Mice were found at both
sites but by far the most exciting record was of Leisler's Bat, recorded each night over the Rifle Club. This nationally rare species of bat is a very exciting find. |
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16/06/2008 |
RIVERSIDE PARK SPECIAL MEETING. A meeting was held with local councillors to present and discuss our
findings on the Crane Riverside Park feasibility study. You can read the executive summary or the full CRP interim report. |
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8/06/2008 |
WORK DAY.
Wood chipping the pathways; mending the information boards; completing
installation of the posts along the trackway; and improving the
appearance of the tunnel beneath the railway on the Duke of
Northumberland’s River. We were joined for the
first time by a team of supervised young offenders from the Community
Payback Scheme. Meet at 10.30, Mereway Nature Park. |
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11/05/2008 |
FORCE on The Beeb. Rob Gray from FORCE and Ian McKinnon from London Wildlife Trust are interviewed for a BBC London News item on riverbank regeneration (also filmed for the BBC Springwatch series). |
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11/05/2008 |
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WORK DAY.
An excellent local turnout at Mill Road improved the pathways by laying
woodchips (from a recently felled park tree). A small skip was also
filled with debris from the river. The river around Mill Road has never
looked cleaner than it does now! |
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27/04/2008 |
SPRINGTIME SAFARI.
FORCE was one of several local organisations taking part in this hugely
successful event in the grounds of Orleans House. Children followed a
trail through the grounds, visiting stalls maintained by local
environmental groups. Visitors to the FORCE stall learned about the
lifecycle of dragonflies and were able to decorate one into the
bargain...
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13/04/2008 |
WORK DAY. The area around the entrance to Mereway Nature Park along the Duke of Northumberland's River was tidied up. This included clearing pathside vegetation and excavating mud from the underpass beneath the railway. |
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09/03/2008 |
WORK DAY. Continued work from the February work day (see below). |
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10/02/2008 |
WORK DAY.
Around ten volunteers enjoyed winter sunshine as the banks of the Crane
downstream of Hospital Bridge Road were cleared of willow whips and
scrub vegetation. This was part of ongoing attempts to keep this area
open and to develop a reed bed at the site. Next month sees reed
planting at the same location.
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19/01/2008
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The Woodpecker Bench.
FORCE is pleased to welcome the arrival of the Woodpecker Bench onto
the southeastern corner of Craneford East Playing Field. The
Woodpecker Bench depicts two Green Woodpeckers (and the ants on which
they feed) which can be regularly seen at this location. This is the
second in our series of sculpted benches created by the artistry of Paul Sivell.
See press release for more details. |
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13/01/2008 |
WORK DAY.
A well-attended work day at Mereway Nature Park with particularly
child-friendly activities such as litter picking and making bird
feeders. The main achievements were the insertion of wooden posts
to deter parking on the verges of the Central Track and building some
protective fencing from Crane Park Island willow (from the December
work day).
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