News and Newsletters
News
October 6th
The Fire Service had to attend Lake Meadows to put out a small fire caused by mindless individuals. We have to also report that the two stumperies constructed by volunteers at the beginning of June (see below) have been destroyed.
September 24th
FoLM held their A.G.M. and following the formal business a talk entitled "The Friends and Park 2012 to 2026" was given.
September 28th
The long standing eyesore which was the damaged and non existent facia panels to the Swimming Pool has been rectified.
August 25/26th
Much to the delight of the gardeners, Lake Meadows had its first rainfall in over 2 months. This week the gardeners used about 150 buckets of water to try and keep the plants going.
July 11th
We held our 12th "Jazz in the Park" event
The large audience were able to enjoy the warm weather because of the cooling breeze. "Nimrod & Friends", "Replacement Hipsters" and "The Jam" entertained us all and Nimrod was able to have three of his students on stage as well.
June 11th
Volunteers from AXA came to the park and despite the rain managed to construct two "stumperies" for us before retreating from the park absolutely drenched. A big thank you.
May 3rd
The Early Morning Bird Walk was very successful with the group being lucky enough to identify 33 species either visually or by their song. A big thank you to Neil Sumner for leading it again.
April 12th
Pleased to see the Egyptian geese thriving all eight goslings with parents
March 27th
A pair of Egyptian geese with 6 or 7 goslings were seen entering the Lake. Although adults have been seen before at Lake Meadows this is the first occasion that nested in the park.
August 18th
The annual "Lets go Batty" bat talk and walk was fully subscribed and proved to be a very enjoyable evening. Peter Claughton who led the session was able to take 153 recordings via his bat monitor. This indicated that he had picked up 124 Common Pipistrelles, 32 Soprano Pipistrelles, 5 Noctule / Serotine / Leislers, 6 Daubentons and 3 Brandt’s / Whiskered bats. This must be a record for Lake Meadows, which, in recent years, has proved to be a very good local site for bats.
Thank you Peter once again
June 5th
Lake Meadows Terrapins have been seen for years but this one decided to sun bathe conveniently on the tree stump for all to see.
May 1st
The 100metre long Rhododendron Bed is a blaze of colour at the moment
1st April
Cowslip display in the Conservation Area has been amazing, catch the last couple of weeks.
April 2nd
Booking is now open for the Early Morning Bird Walk. 3rd May
Booking essential as limited places available.
