Findern Footpaths Group
Welcome to our new website
We really wanted our website to be a positive advert for what we do and to publicise our future plans. Please have a good look round. We would love to hear what you think so please email us on findernfootpaths@outlook.com
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NEWS
🦋 Stay Safe 🦋
The Oak Processionary Moth (OPM) is a pest that lives in oak trees. Their tiny hairs get blown about and cause irritation. It is important that we all know what to look out for and keep our dogs, children and ourselves safe.
Please follow the link and stay safe!
A few tips: How to identify it:
1. They live in oak trees. You can tell these apart by their specific leaf shape.
2. They move in nose to tail processions and often cluster together.
3. They build white, silken webbing trails or nests in a teardrop or dome shape on the trunks and branches.
4. The nests can become discoloured.
Please don’t try to remove the nests yourself. Rather, report them to the forestry commission using the tree alert form (https://treealert.forestresearch.gov.uk/) or email opm@forestrycommission.gov.uk or call 0300 067 4442 Visit https://www.gov.uk/guidance/managing-oak-processionary-moth-in-england for more advice.
We have been very busy over the last few days.
🦋 1st Willington Cubs came down to Cardales meadow and Cotes Close bird sanctuary to move a lot of branches This helped prepare for volunteers from Price Waterhouse Coopers to build a dead hedge around the butterfly bank in Cardales and a bee hotel in the wildlife area. 🐝
A fantastic couple of evenings with a group of really hard working young volunteers! 🌺
Well done to all involved! 🌳
As mentioned above on Friday we were helped by a group of corporate volunteers from Price Waterhouse Coopers who not only started but completed an important conservation project for us.
The volunteers completed dead a hedge fence around the butterfly bank located in the wildflower meadow.
The day was organised for us by the southderbyshire volunteer force. To quote from their publicity "if you are looking for corporate volunteering opportunities for yourself or your employees and want to make a difference in your local community contact us by email volunteer@sdcvs.org.uk for more information or alternatively visit our website www.volunteersouthderbyshire.org for more information on Employer Supported Volunteering."
They certainly made a big difference in Cardales for which we are very grateful
The Big Help Out day
Despite the weather, we braved the storm and set up our Footpaths stand on Monday at the bottom of Crow Park way just before the A50 bridge. We met a lot of interesting people and want to thank all those who made donations and/or stopped to speak to us in the rain.
Constructing the hedge The completed hedge
Dawn Chorus Walk
Saturday 6th May 2023
Meet at Lower Green at 5 am
Stout footwear advised
The walk is free, refreshments (bacon cob, tea or coffee) will be available after the walk cost £5 a head payable on the day. If you would like refreshments please let Joan know on 07484 217876 by 4th May at the latest
22nd April
🌻 We have had a lot of help from the children
at The Old Forge Day Nursery, Findern, Derby
this week. They have been helping us to plant
some sunflower seeds for the village fete.
What a good job they’ve done 😊
28th March
Over the past couple of weeks we have planted over a 1000 Hawthorn whips to create 200 meters of hedging. On Sundey we spent some time putting up some meshing to protect the whips.
!7th March
This morning, with children from The Old Forge Day Nursery, Findern, we have planted some Hazel and Hawthorn whips in Cote Close
The children really enjoyed learning about how to plant the whips in the ground, as well as exploring the mud and learning about building hedges to make homes for the birds.
We are planning to create a new hedgerow along the boundary of Stanhope Wood. We made a start at the weekend by planting 82 Hawthorne whips. Only 1343 more to plant!!
Can you help?
In order to improve the habitat in Stanhope Hole and Stanhope Wood we would like to plant some Holly plants to provide winter food for the birds
In order to do this with minimal cost we would like to use some self set holly plants. If you have some you could let us have, or know someone who can, do send us a message using our Facebook page or drop us an email to findernfootpaths@outlook.com. We would very much appreciate any help you can give us.
We’ve been digging up more roots by Cardale pond to get the area ready for spring.
We are doing some work in Stanhope Wood to prepare for a new hedgrow
Before After - goodbye brambles!
We are making Cardales Meadow more wildlife friendly and have put in place a natural bird table
We have put up a new Owl Box in Cote Close