Four members of the L.O.S. were in Lilford Park in Leigh yesterday for a family fun day involving the Friends of Lilford Park (FOLP) action group and a fun fair.
The
FOLP were asking members of the public to sign a petition which is lobbying for the park toilets to be refurbished, as well as a lot of other improvements.
These are an essential public facility needed for this superb community resource, especially on days like these.
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Dave Wilson,
Tony Bishop,
Martyn Jones and L.O.S. chairman
David Shallcross had a stall with materials publicising the
L.O.S. and
Young Birders' Club in the hope of attracting new members of all ages. We took a lot of signatures from interested families to add to our e-mail mailing list for future events.
As well as this we took several youngsters and their parents on short guided bird watching walks along the new path at the edge of the woods. There wasn't too much about to see, but
Dave Wilson is an expert on bird song and calls and so
12 bird species were identified in the area.
It was really nice to see a good turnout from some very keen pupils from
St. Thomas' C.E. Primary School which we visited for the second time last Wednesday (report to follow) - Hi to
Amy and older sister
Lauren,
Darren and brother
Ethan,
William and not forgetting
AJ and his friend.
We made lots of new friends and contacts and have even arranged to do a presentation at
1st Astley Cubs next Thursday evening. We also hope to be doing another guided walk around Pennington Flash in the near future so keeping reading the website for details and have a look at our
new calendar here.
