By Mark H. WOW! What a year 2025 has been, so much achieved by our Friends of Caldy Nature Park committee and willing band of volunteers. It has been great to see so many new faces helping out run the committee, treasurer, website, notice boards, volunteer workers etc. And THANK YOU to our new Facebook page followers, helping share and like our new page, supporting our events, sending us information and photos and coming along to join in on our volunteer days. As a non f

By Mark H, 29 Nov 2025. So who was Pam? Pam Atkinson 1932 - 2011, was a local parish Councillor and one of the founders of Caldy Nature Park and Chairman of Friends of Caldy Nature Park. You can read above how the Park came in to being after the Friends of Caldy Nature Park was formed in September 1991. The text is an extract from "A History of the Civil Parish of Great Boughton" available on the Great Boughton web site. https://greatboughtonparishcouncil.gov.uk/a-history-of

By Mark H. Have a look in the latest 31st October Greenzine from The Conservation Volunteers, for all sorts of ideas and opportunities, including: Guide to supporting biodiversity by keeping your garden un tidy Read the fantastic comprehensive resource from Kew for Community Groups and others who want to make a difference in their local green spaces Find TCV and other volunteering opportunities - with options for volunteering from home - on a brand new, easy-to-use platform

By Steph H., CWAC Green Space Officer Although managing the park requires an all year round input, this is the time that we put into action essential autumn and winter activities that prepare the park for the upcoming spring nesting and breeding season. Over the coming months our efforts will focus on winter pruning and cutting back, rotational cutting of reed-beds, coppicing of trees and scrub as well as all the regular maintenance activities. Managing the habitats in this

By Mark H. The 31st October newsletter is out now. You can read it here: https://civi.tcv.org.uk/civicrm/mailing/view?reset=1&id=1360&cid=24089&cs=3913497feee3c0d099815fe14e8425dc_1761923137_1440

By Mark H., 1 October 2025 Today the Friends of Caldy Nature Park volunteer group has been carrying out vital work to maintain the reed...

By Ken W. Green Veined White butterfly (stock image) If you walk regularly in the Caldy Nature Park you may well have noticed a bumper...

By Mark H, 22 September 2025 When the pond was dug in 1992 they needed to divert water from Caldy Brook to feed the pond. Creating the...

Works have started today on the banks at the weir next to the Millennium Blue Bridge. Footways around the working area will be closed....

Did you know that Friends of Caldy Nature Park was formed 34 years ago this month in September 1991? The land had been given to the...

As you may have noticed in earlier announcements, the £5 subscriptions are now every calendar year and are not due until 1st Jan 2026 for...

By Roy C, 26 July Large Poplar Hawkmoth There was a wide selection of moths (25+) uncovered from the 2 overnight moth traps set up in...

Green Flag Award logo We're delighted that Caldy Nature Park has won a Green Flag Award for 2025! Here's the announcement from the Green...

By Julie C. We had another lovely sunny morning for the working party. Our main task today was cutting back some of the vegetation...

New Health Walk sign has been installed Thanks to our 4 local councillors - Liz MacGlashan, Steve Collings, Mark Williams and Stuart...

By Julie C We had good weather for the working party and spent most of our time cutting back and clearing overhanging branches from the...

By Mark H, 8th May Martyn Stead led the wildflower walk This week we held the first of four Wildflower Walks under the expert guidance of...

Don't forget to get involved in the City Nature Challenge, a worldwide event to record wildlife sightings. The sightings are fed into...

There was a great turnout for this year's Easter Trail and Duck Race. Although overcast, the rain held off, so only the ducks got wet! We...