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At this time of year the birdboxes need cleaned out after all the family have flown the nest. About half the boxes out of 20 has been used but sadly, and to be expected, there was signs of one or two chicks not surviving and remaining in the nest. Friends need to clean out the boxes to remove the old nests and reduce disease for Spring next year. Can you see some of the chicks feathers?
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Sat 21st sept 11am Whiteinch library Glasgow open doors event "Whiteinch the Liveable Neighbourhood “ with historical talk by Sandra Malcolm and exhibition of Whiteinch history and shops.   Victoria Park Community Trust are delighted to announce that the first phase of signage has been installed in the park, explaining the new plantings adjacent to the Expressway and on the north side of the park at VPD North. We hope park users will understand our plans to introduce new plants for their biodiversity for birds and bugs and more pleasing for our park users to screen the busy, noisy traffic. The signs explain the purpose of the plants and their importance in biodiversity. The signs were kindly installed at no cost by Cairn Building Services by Harry and Lee. The details of each sign are shown below if anyone isn’t able to see the signs or is simply curious.     Friends had another good day today doing our regular gardening, weeding, removing overgrown brambles, clearing paths and thanks to Gisela for litter picking around the Nature Walk and Westland. Today was a fine day and actually warm for October and we think we made a good impact on the tidying. Thanks to everyone. FoVP.  Friends thank the volunteers who came out on Wednesday afternoon to start the weeding of the formal flower beds. Funnily enough the Parkies were also out doing exactly the same so park users should see a big improvement although there’s still lots to do. We would also do more today but the forecast is heavy rain. Some of the formal beds had been planted out with perennial shrubs after Parks had announced several years ago, that they could not maintain all the flower beds every year. Friends had agreed that about half the beds would be planted with shrubs and finished with mulch. The beds are now becoming weedy and Parks are not clearing these beds. Therefore Friends will need to carryout the task of weeding and caring for the shrubs every year in order to maintain the appearance of these beds.  Friends must thank the volunteers who came out today to help tidy the Fossil Grove and do some litter clearing. The weather was very pleasant and we all worked hard. Our youngest volunteer was 4 and the oldest; well over three score years and ten.    Volunteers from engineering company AECOM work with Friends of Victoria Park to refresh the planters in the bowling greens with some new colourful shrubs and to clear up the weeds from the footpaths around the greens.    With the many birds that live in our park, Friends of Victoria Park are indebted to Hessilhead Wildlife for their continuous protection of the birds. Accordingly FoVP have decided to contribute to their cause. So thanks to our members who pay the £10 a year annual subscription. Using a small amount of your subscription we have been able to contribute £150 to Hessilhead Wildlife Rescue Centre (https://www.hessilheadwildlife.org.uk). This Centre aims to rescue, treat, rehabilitate and release birds and animals back to the wild. It has great facilities and experience to treat all species of Scottish wildlife. It attends callouts to rescue birds and animals at VictoriaPark and recently rescued the cygnets following attacks from the pen swan. This is our thank you to them for their great work in our park. FoVP  To all the park and Friends followers, this Saturday, 6th July 10-12, if you want to help us tidy up the park, Friends are hold the 1st of 2x July volunteer cleanup Saturdays. The next is Saturday 27th if you’re not around on the 6th. We’ll be doing a litter pick around the park and gardening. We’ll meet up in front of the Fossil House at the Fossil Grove. We’ll provide litter picks and tools and gloves. Please bring drinking water and good footwear. Looking forward to seeing you there  Victoria Park FREE Tennis Open Day- how to book in attached tweet and link below
Sun 7 Jul 10-11am Looking forward to Wimbledon? We're ready to serve up a treat at Victoria Park with free come and try family taster sessions for all ages. LTA accredited coaches & volunteers on hand with advice! https://clubspark.lta.org.uk/VictoriaParkTennis/Events |
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