Keep up to date with our Thursday drop-in session volunteers and see what work they have been doing on the park.
Thursday 17th May 2018
Today our volunteers were busy sharpening tools, litter picking the whole site and starting the stream clearance. The clearance of the stream will greatly improve the quality of the water and keep our breeding stickleback happy and healthy.
Stickleback were once again spotted in the stream alongside other small fish, mallards were using the ponds and house sparrow were calling to each other.
Today our volunteers were busy sharpening tools, litter picking the whole site and starting the stream clearance. The clearance of the stream will greatly improve the quality of the water and keep our breeding stickleback happy and healthy.
Stickleback were once again spotted in the stream alongside other small fish, mallards were using the ponds and house sparrow were calling to each other.
Thursday 10th May 2018
Today our volunteers completed a whole park litter pick, tidied some damaged trees and cleared around some of the small saplings on the park.
The lupin were starting to come to flower, goldfinch were flying about and the stickleback were swimming in the stream.
Today our volunteers completed a whole park litter pick, tidied some damaged trees and cleared around some of the small saplings on the park.
The lupin were starting to come to flower, goldfinch were flying about and the stickleback were swimming in the stream.
Thursday 3rd May 2018
Today our volunteers were busy litter picking along the length of the stream, litter picking by the cemetery boundary and started clearing some areas of the stream which have become overgrown already.
We saw orange-tip butterfly, small tortoiseshell butterfly, stickleback in the stream and goldfinch to name a few species of wildlife.
Today our volunteers were busy litter picking along the length of the stream, litter picking by the cemetery boundary and started clearing some areas of the stream which have become overgrown already.
We saw orange-tip butterfly, small tortoiseshell butterfly, stickleback in the stream and goldfinch to name a few species of wildlife.
Thursday 26th April 2018
Today our volunteers have been busy clearing more sticky grass (cleavers) from Pictorial Meadows' meadows and raking out compost ready for an annual wildflower meadow on the site of the annual bonfire.
A chiffchaff was heard calling along with goldfinch and blackbirds.
Today our volunteers have been busy clearing more sticky grass (cleavers) from Pictorial Meadows' meadows and raking out compost ready for an annual wildflower meadow on the site of the annual bonfire.
A chiffchaff was heard calling along with goldfinch and blackbirds.
Thursday 19th April 2018
Today our volunteers helped plant bulbs and plants at the City Road entrance, removed vegetation from around the fruit trees in the orchard near City Road and removed vegetation around the gunnera at the bottom of the park.
Today we had a chiffchaff singing in the trees, as well as some toadspawn, linnet, dunnock and wrens.
Today our volunteers helped plant bulbs and plants at the City Road entrance, removed vegetation from around the fruit trees in the orchard near City Road and removed vegetation around the gunnera at the bottom of the park.
Today we had a chiffchaff singing in the trees, as well as some toadspawn, linnet, dunnock and wrens.
Thursday 12th April 2018
Today our volunteers were removing sticky grass (cleavers) from a wildflower meadow at Stonehirst, clearing back vegetation from a swale at the York House entrance to the park and tidying up the strawberry bed in the York House garden.
Tadpoles were spotted along with some blackbirds and robins, still singing despite the misty, cold day!
Today our volunteers were removing sticky grass (cleavers) from a wildflower meadow at Stonehirst, clearing back vegetation from a swale at the York House entrance to the park and tidying up the strawberry bed in the York House garden.
Tadpoles were spotted along with some blackbirds and robins, still singing despite the misty, cold day!
Thursday 29th March 2018
Today our volunteers were completing the clearance of brambles from the canopies of trees across the park. Plenty of brambles were left for wildlife to use for cover and food.
We saw a heron, goldfinch, frog spawn, robins and plenty of other wildlife.
Today our volunteers were completing the clearance of brambles from the canopies of trees across the park. Plenty of brambles were left for wildlife to use for cover and food.
We saw a heron, goldfinch, frog spawn, robins and plenty of other wildlife.
Thursday 22nd March 2018
Today our volunteers were busy clearing more brambles from around the base of trees across the park, whilst leaving some brambles for wildlife. This work will help stop the brambles spreading into the canopy of the trees and help the trees maintain a better health.
A small flock of goldfinch were flitting about, a chrysalis was found on a branch of willow and the first frog spawn on the park was found in one of the SUDS ponds on the park.
Today our volunteers were busy clearing more brambles from around the base of trees across the park, whilst leaving some brambles for wildlife. This work will help stop the brambles spreading into the canopy of the trees and help the trees maintain a better health.
A small flock of goldfinch were flitting about, a chrysalis was found on a branch of willow and the first frog spawn on the park was found in one of the SUDS ponds on the park.
Thursday 15th March 2018
Today our volunteers were joined by some of the Sheffield Manor Lodge Farm and Garden volunteers to plant trees across the park. We planted a variety of species from oak to beech to wild service.
A flock of goldfinch flitted by, a few dunnocks and robin were singing in the bushes and the moorhens and ducks were relaxing in the pond.
Today our volunteers were joined by some of the Sheffield Manor Lodge Farm and Garden volunteers to plant trees across the park. We planted a variety of species from oak to beech to wild service.
A flock of goldfinch flitted by, a few dunnocks and robin were singing in the bushes and the moorhens and ducks were relaxing in the pond.
Thursday 22nd February 2018
Today our volunteers were busy removing sprawling brambles from various trees in the park. Some trees on site are being choked by brambles climbing up into their canopies, so removing these brambles will help the trees continue to stay strong.
Robins, wrens, blackbirds, woodpigeon, mallards, moorhens and more were enjoying the occasional sunshine on the park.
Today our volunteers were busy removing sprawling brambles from various trees in the park. Some trees on site are being choked by brambles climbing up into their canopies, so removing these brambles will help the trees continue to stay strong.
Robins, wrens, blackbirds, woodpigeon, mallards, moorhens and more were enjoying the occasional sunshine on the park.
Thursday 15th February 2018
Today the volunteers were out in the sunshine, cutting back brambles from under the birch copses, tidying a damaged tree and renewing some of the habitat piles on site.
A kestrel, redwing, song thrush and stock doves made appearances on the park today!
Today the volunteers were out in the sunshine, cutting back brambles from under the birch copses, tidying a damaged tree and renewing some of the habitat piles on site.
A kestrel, redwing, song thrush and stock doves made appearances on the park today!
Thursday 8th February 2018
The volunteers were busy today, clearing back dead vegetation from the pond near the playground at Stonehirst. This will give new vegetation a chance to come through and help to keep the pond healthier.
Goldfinch, wrens and thrushes were busy on the park today too!
The volunteers were busy today, clearing back dead vegetation from the pond near the playground at Stonehirst. This will give new vegetation a chance to come through and help to keep the pond healthier.
Goldfinch, wrens and thrushes were busy on the park today too!
Thursday 1st February 2018
Today our volunteers were busy clearing around the saplings near Stonehirst, removing dead vegetation and excess brambles creeping through and they cleared under tree copses near the large playground at Stonehirst.
A lone kestrel was patrolling the skies and smaller birds flitted among the trees.
Today our volunteers were busy clearing around the saplings near Stonehirst, removing dead vegetation and excess brambles creeping through and they cleared under tree copses near the large playground at Stonehirst.
A lone kestrel was patrolling the skies and smaller birds flitted among the trees.
Thursday 25th January 2018
Today our volunteers were busy removing leaves from the small ditch near York House and removing more metal fencing from the old allotment boundaries.
We were joined by a lovely little robin, who was singing away as the volunteers worked!
Today our volunteers were busy removing leaves from the small ditch near York House and removing more metal fencing from the old allotment boundaries.
We were joined by a lovely little robin, who was singing away as the volunteers worked!
Thursday 18th January 2018
The volunteers were busy at work today clearing fencing from the old allotment boundaries and carrying out another thorough litter pick of the site.
Long-tailed tits, blackbirds, robins, blue tits, moorhens, dunnocks and song thrush were keeping themselves busy on the park too!
The volunteers were busy at work today clearing fencing from the old allotment boundaries and carrying out another thorough litter pick of the site.
Long-tailed tits, blackbirds, robins, blue tits, moorhens, dunnocks and song thrush were keeping themselves busy on the park too!
Thursday 11th January 2018
Today the volunteers completed the removal of brambles under the tree copses by Scotia Drive entrance to the park. Once this was complete, the volunteers carried out a thorough litter pick of the top half of the site (the half nearest the City Road entrance).
A pair of bullfinches, a brave male fox, stock doves, wood pigeon, moorhens and mallards a plenty were spotted during the session.
Today the volunteers completed the removal of brambles under the tree copses by Scotia Drive entrance to the park. Once this was complete, the volunteers carried out a thorough litter pick of the top half of the site (the half nearest the City Road entrance).
A pair of bullfinches, a brave male fox, stock doves, wood pigeon, moorhens and mallards a plenty were spotted during the session.
Thursday 4th January 2018
The volunteers were back working today after the Christmas break. They were continuing the clearance of brambles under the trees near the Scotia Drive entrance to the park.
This work will help improve the health of the trees and help to stop the brambles taking over.
Robins, mallards, moorhens and more were evident on the park.
The volunteers were back working today after the Christmas break. They were continuing the clearance of brambles under the trees near the Scotia Drive entrance to the park.
This work will help improve the health of the trees and help to stop the brambles taking over.
Robins, mallards, moorhens and more were evident on the park.
Thursday 14th December 2017
The volunteers worked hard today to clear back brambles under trees near the SuDs scheme at the Scotia Drive entrance to the park.
Long-tailed tits were heard on the park, the moorhens were looking for food among the melting snow and the mallard ducks on the pond were skating about on the ice.
The volunteers worked hard today to clear back brambles under trees near the SuDs scheme at the Scotia Drive entrance to the park.
Long-tailed tits were heard on the park, the moorhens were looking for food among the melting snow and the mallard ducks on the pond were skating about on the ice.
Thursday 7th December 2017
The volunteers were hard at work this week, clearing around a dry pond where rhubarb and gunnera had been previously planted. Some of the rhubarb and gunnera plants were located and were still growing. This clearance work will greatly help the growth of the rhubarb and gunnera.
In addition to their clearance work, the volunteers carried out a litter pick along the stream.
The volunteers were hard at work this week, clearing around a dry pond where rhubarb and gunnera had been previously planted. Some of the rhubarb and gunnera plants were located and were still growing. This clearance work will greatly help the growth of the rhubarb and gunnera.
In addition to their clearance work, the volunteers carried out a litter pick along the stream.
Thursday 30th November 2017
Our hardy volunteers battled the icy winds to clear out the SUDs outlet pipes across the park and to cut down self-set ash saplings growing in areas of the park.
Six stock dove were seen in the park, along with a flock of goldfinch feeding on seeds from the dead wildflowers. Dunnock, wren and robins were also present.
Our hardy volunteers battled the icy winds to clear out the SUDs outlet pipes across the park and to cut down self-set ash saplings growing in areas of the park.
Six stock dove were seen in the park, along with a flock of goldfinch feeding on seeds from the dead wildflowers. Dunnock, wren and robins were also present.
Thursday 23rd November 2017
Our fantastic volunteers made it to the end of the stream this week! Now the clearance is complete there is a massive difference to the appearance of the stream and it has greatly helped create more diversity to the habitat on the bank. They also uncovered many trees along the way that were being choked out by the brambles and other vegetation, so this will help the trees!
Goldfinch were calling in the trees, fish were hiding away in the vegetation in the ponds but most the wildlife was hiding from the high winds and showers!
Our fantastic volunteers made it to the end of the stream this week! Now the clearance is complete there is a massive difference to the appearance of the stream and it has greatly helped create more diversity to the habitat on the bank. They also uncovered many trees along the way that were being choked out by the brambles and other vegetation, so this will help the trees!
Goldfinch were calling in the trees, fish were hiding away in the vegetation in the ponds but most the wildlife was hiding from the high winds and showers!
Thursday 16th November 2017
This week our volunteers, continued their hard work clearing back the overgrown vegetation along the bank of the stream. The end of the stream is drawing ever closer!
This week our volunteers, continued their hard work clearing back the overgrown vegetation along the bank of the stream. The end of the stream is drawing ever closer!
Thursday 9th November 2017
Our volunteers, continued their efforts to clear back vegetation along the far end of the stream. They finally reached the halfway point.
This week we saw song thrush, a flock of redwing flying overhead, robins , blackbirds foraging among the bushes and fish swimming in the stream.
Our volunteers, continued their efforts to clear back vegetation along the far end of the stream. They finally reached the halfway point.
This week we saw song thrush, a flock of redwing flying overhead, robins , blackbirds foraging among the bushes and fish swimming in the stream.
Thursday 2nd November 2017
Our volunteers, continued their efforts to clear back vegetation along the far end of the stream.
This week our volunteers were joined by Pip the Patterdale, who like his owner is a returning volunteer.
We saw song thrush flying about in the park and a couple of long-tailed tits were seen flitting about.
Our volunteers, continued their efforts to clear back vegetation along the far end of the stream.
This week our volunteers were joined by Pip the Patterdale, who like his owner is a returning volunteer.
We saw song thrush flying about in the park and a couple of long-tailed tits were seen flitting about.
Thursday 26th October 2017
Our hardworking volunteers, restarted efforts to clear back vegetation along the far end of the stream. All their hard work will help to keep the stream clear and open for much longer. This will enable wildlife to make use of the stream and will also greatly improve the quality of the stream.
We saw song thrush flying about in the park, heard robins were singing and had fish swimming in the stream. It is always lovely to see the diversity of wildlife in our park.
Our hardworking volunteers, restarted efforts to clear back vegetation along the far end of the stream. All their hard work will help to keep the stream clear and open for much longer. This will enable wildlife to make use of the stream and will also greatly improve the quality of the stream.
We saw song thrush flying about in the park, heard robins were singing and had fish swimming in the stream. It is always lovely to see the diversity of wildlife in our park.
Thursday 19th October 2017
Despite the pouring rain our fantastic Thursday volunteers completed a large scale litter pick of the park. We collected lots of rubbish which had accumulated and this helped greatly to contribute to the continuing efforts of Green Estate staff to keep litter to a minimum on the site.
Much of the parks wildlife was hiding away due to the heavy rain! It was definitely weather for ducks, with the ducks on the pond enjoying a good bath!
Despite the pouring rain our fantastic Thursday volunteers completed a large scale litter pick of the park. We collected lots of rubbish which had accumulated and this helped greatly to contribute to the continuing efforts of Green Estate staff to keep litter to a minimum on the site.
Much of the parks wildlife was hiding away due to the heavy rain! It was definitely weather for ducks, with the ducks on the pond enjoying a good bath!
Thursday 12th October 2017
This week our volunteers were working hard to complete the clearance of the bank at the bottom end of the stream. Once work was complete on clearing the bank, attention moved to removing pond weed, watercress and other plants that were taking over the water course. Care was taken to ensure that some vegetation was left for the stickleback and frogs to hide away from predators!
This week our volunteers were working hard to complete the clearance of the bank at the bottom end of the stream. Once work was complete on clearing the bank, attention moved to removing pond weed, watercress and other plants that were taking over the water course. Care was taken to ensure that some vegetation was left for the stickleback and frogs to hide away from predators!
