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Here's the latest quarterly newsletter from the Friends.

Featured in this issue:

  • Green Flag Community Award 2021-2022
  • New Benches
  • Hedge Laying
  • Working Sessions Report October to December 2021
  • Plans for Improving Habitats to Attract More Pollinators and Other Species

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We had another good turnout this morning with 12 members attending. We also had the Mayor of Broxtowe, Chris Riley from the Council and one of the Bramcote councillors come along too.

Chris spoke to us about future plans for developing the different habitats to make the areas more suitable for t...

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On a cold but at least dry morning we had nine members turning out and the jobs completed were:

  • All bird boxes were cleaned out and nearly all had been used. As always a few older ones were falling apart and we need to replace these in the next few months.
  • The bridle path was once again swept...

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Notes of AGM meeting on 1st November 2021 held at 7.30pm at Bramcote Memorial Hall.

14 members present.

1. Chair's Report

  • HL welcomed everyone there and then described all the jobs done in the working sessions from December 2019.
  • She confirmed our successful retention of the Green Flag Co...

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We had 13 members this morning plus three young children being supervised by their parents.

It was a pleasant November morning which also saw the first Redwings of the autumn arrive. The litter picking was carried out as usual but the rest of the group spent the morning clearing the worst of the...

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Here's the latest quarterly newsletter from the Friends.

Featured in this issue:

  • Green Flag Community Award 2021-2022
  • AGM
  • Working Sessions Report July to September 2021
  • Welcome to New Members

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