July
Saturday 3rd Work Party
Thursday 15th Work Party
Saturday 17th Event: Butterflies of Baggeridge, led by David Jackson
Meet 10:30am Main car park Baggeridge, next to Rangers’ Office
August
Saturday 7th Work Party
Thursday 19th Work Party
Saturday 21st Event: Wild Poolhouse-above and below water
This first ever event for the Friends of Wom Brook was staged in Wombourne Library, located in the Community centre.
The Friends Group would like to thank the library staff for their support, and amongst others the RSPB, Staffordshire Wildlife Group, Staffordshire Police, Paul Wilkinson (Amphibians group), the BAT Trust, and Birmingham University.
There was also a resident cartoonist, who passed on some of his many talents to all ages.
In particular, the Friends Group would like to thank the younger members who ran an innovative competition to spot the water vole.
If a contributing group to the event have been missed out, please let us know via the comment section below, so that they can be included.
South Staffordshire Council are responsible for maintaining the footbridges crossing the Wom Brook. Road bridges however come under the jurisdiction of Staffordshire County Council.
We have been informed by the South Staffordshire Council’s Architectural and Landscape Services that the pedestrian bridge that lies parallel to the Gravel Hill Road bridge will soon receive a coat of paint and decking.
Just a reminder-the Friends of Wom Brook will be holding their first Spring Watch Festival this coming Saturday in Wombourne Library, located in the Community Centre. (Pictured above)
Wombourne is shortly to stage its first Spring Watch Festival on Saturday 17th April, between 10 am and 3 pm.
Wombourne Library have very kindly extended an invitation to the Friends of Wom Brook to organise this first ever event. The overarching theme will focus upon the flora and fauna associated with the Wom Brook habitat, and the village of Wombourne.
The following wildlife and associated conservation groups have been invited to exhibit at this forthcoming event:
Staffordshire Wildlife Trust
Butterfly Conservation
RSPB
South Staffordshire Naturalists’ Society
Staffordshire Bat Group
Hedgehog Rescue
OPAL West Midlands (Bees)
Amphibians
Further information will be provided nearer the event relating to confirmed exhibitors.
Last Tuesday the Friends of Wom Brook AGM took place in Wombourne Civic Centre, with the election of executive officers and members of the committee overseen by South Staffordshire Council’s Landscape manager, Howard Medlicott. The meeting quickly moved on to discuss and plan future work and developments for the coming year.
High on the Group’s agenda is this year’s Green Flag inspection (set for early summer), along with further scheduled work to improve the Wom Brook Walk.
As ever, the Group are grateful for the continued input and support from Howard.
If you live in Wombourne, South Staffordshire, and enjoy the outdoors, and particularly appreciate the local natural landscapes that are within relatively easy reach of most locations in the village, then please consider joining the Friends of Wom Brook on
Tuesday night, 23rd February at 7:30 pm, in the Brook Room of the Civic Centre, Wombourne.
The Friends of Wom Brook work voluntarily in partnership with the South Staffordshire Council to promote the conservation of the Wom Brook and its adjoining land, including the plants and animals found there. In addition to keeping the area tidy, there are monthly activities planned which serve to increase members’ knowledge of this natural habitat.
The combined efforts of both the South Staffordshire Council and the Friends of Wom Brook have received local and national recognition in the form of Local nature Reserve (LNR) status and the Green Flag Award.
The group is small in number, and would welcome additional members in order to help maintain the high standards of conservation work so far achieved.
If you can spare two hours, usually on the first Saturday morning of each month, then the Friends Group would be delighted to meet you.
Last Saturday, the Friends of Wom Brook used their new high-visibility waistcoats for the first time, during one of the Group’s monthly work parties-which on this occasion focused upon litter collection from not only the Brook itself, but also along the banks and land surrounding the Wom Brook Walk.
The waistcoats will be used for safety purposes-there are sections of the Brook that are obscured by trees and plants, and during previous work parties it has proved difficult to see Group members.
The Friends of Wom Brook are grateful to South Staffordshire Council for supplying the waistcoats.
January
Thurs 21st Work Party
February
Sat 6th Work Party
Thurs 18th Work Party
Sat 20th Event: A Winter Walk. Meet 10am Ounsdale Road school lay-by.
March
Sat 6th Work Party
Thurs 18th Work Party
Sat 20th Event: Close Encounters with Crustaceans. Details to follow-please check this blog.
April
Sat 3rd Work Party
Thurs 15th Work Party
Sat 17th Event: SPRING WATCH 10am-3pm-at, and in partnership with WOMBOURNE LIBRARY
May
Sat 1st Work Party
Sat 15th Event: Anyone at home? A survey of the Wom Brook’s water voles.
Thurs 20th Work Party
June
Sat 5th Work Party
Thurs 17th Work Party
Sat 19th Event: A hunt for earlier butterflies etc. Quendale-first visited Aug 2009
None members also welcome to join in all activities.
