For this task we'll be working with Lancashire Wildlife Trust (LWT) and their volunteers on Little Woolden Moss near Caddishead (west of Manchester). The work will support the Trust with their ongoing efforts to restore this mossland site, benefitting a multitude of species including the common lizard which has been recorded here by ARGL volunteers.  

Where: If you can attend please contact david@arglancashire.co.uk for directions.

Time: 10am. (Tasks usually last until mid afternoon.)

What to bring: Lunch, plenty of water, waterproofs and strong footwear or wellies (definitely no trainers). Please wear old clothes and bring a pair of work gloves if you have them. Tools and gloves will be provided for those that need them.

This task will be an opportunity to restore a pond complex on the outskirts of Bolton. The ponds have been neglected for many years, although they still support great crested newts. The ponds are now heavily shaded with willow and the management work will involve their removal to allow more light into the ponds. The plan is to undertake a series of tasks at this site to restore it to good condition.

Where: If you can attend please contact david@arglancashire.co.uk for directions.

Time: 10am. (Tasks usually last until mid afternoon.)

What to bring: Lunch, plenty of water, waterproofs and strong footwear or wellies (definitely no trainers). Please wear old clothes and bring a pair of work gloves if you have them. Tools and gloves will be provided for those that need them.

Sun 8th January, 2023

Work will continue on the management of some extremely shaded ponds to make them suitable for amphibians. This task will reduce shading around a pond which is within 200m of an existing great crested newt pond. 

Where: If you can attend please contact david@arglancashire.co.uk for further details.

Time: 10am. (Tasks usually last until mid afternoon.)

What to bring: Lunch, plenty of water, waterproofs and strong footwear or wellies (definitely no trainers). Please wear old clothes and bring a pair of work gloves if you have them. Tools and gloves will be provided for those that need them.

Sun 5th November, 2023

ARGL will continue the work started last year to manage a series of heavily shaded ponds for the benefit of amphibians. This task will involve the removal of trees and scrub around these ponds, some of which support great crested newts. 

Where: If you can attend please contact david@arglancashire.co.uk for further details.

Time: 10am. (Tasks usually last until mid afternoon.)

What to bring: Lunch, plenty of water, waterproofs and strong footwear or wellies (definitely no trainers). Please wear old clothes and bring a pair of work gloves if you have them. Tools and gloves will be provided for those that need them.

ARGL will continue work started in 2021 to manage a series of heavily shaded ponds near Leyland for the benefit of amphibians. This task will involve the removal of trees and scrub to allow more light to the pond edges; brash will be stacked to form dead hedges. 

Where: If you can attend please contact david@arglancashire.co.uk for further details.

Time: 10am. (Tasks usually last until mid afternoon.)

What to bring: Lunch, plenty of water, waterproofs and strong footwear or wellies (definitely no trainers). Please wear old clothes and bring a pair of work gloves if you have them. Tools and gloves will be provided for those that need them.

ARGL will return to a series of ponds it created in 2008 to reduce shading from willow and birch scrub. These ponds were among the first created by the group and this task will ensure they remain in good condition for breeding amphibians. 

Where: If you can attend please contact david@arglancashire.co.uk for further details.

Time: 10am. (Tasks usually last until mid afternoon.)

What to bring: Lunch, plenty of water, waterproofs and strong footwear or wellies (definitely no trainers). Please wear old clothes and bring a pair of work gloves if you have them. Tools and gloves will be provided for those that need them.

ARGL will continue the work started last year to manage a series of heavily shaded ponds for the benefit of amphibians. This task will involve the removal of trees and scrub around these ponds, some of which support great crested newts. 

Where: If you can attend please contact david@arglancashire.co.uk for further details.

Time: 10am. (Tasks usually last until mid afternoon.)

What to bring: Lunch, plenty of water, waterproofs and strong footwear or wellies (definitely no trainers). Please wear old clothes and bring a pair of work gloves if you have them. 

This will be our first visit to assist with pond management at Longton Brickcroft, a Local Nature reserve owned by South Ribble Borough Council. 

Where: Longton Brickcroft. If you can attend please contact david@arglancashire.co.uk for further details.

Time: 10am. (Tasks usually last until mid afternoon.)

What to bring: Lunch, plenty of water, waterproofs and strong footwear or wellies (definitely no trainers). Please wear old clothes and bring a pair of work gloves if you have them. 

ARGL will continue the work started before Christmas to manage one of a series of heavily shaded ponds near Leyland. This task will involve the removal of trees and scrub to allow more light to the pond edges; brash will be stacked to form dead hedges. 

Where: If you can attend please contact david@arglancashire.co.uk for further details.

Time: 10am. (Tasks usually last until mid afternoon.)

What to bring: Lunch, plenty of water, waterproofs and strong footwear or wellies (definitely no trainers). Please wear old clothes and bring a pair of work gloves if you have them. 

ARGL will return to a series of ponds it created in 2008 to reduce shading from willow and birch scrub. These ponds were among the first created by the group and this task will ensure they remain in good condition for breeding amphibians. 

Where: Pleasington Playing Fields, near Blackburn. If you can attend please contact david@arglancashire.co.uk for further details.

Time: 10am. (Tasks usually last until mid afternoon.)

What to bring: Lunch, plenty of water, waterproofs and strong footwear or wellies (definitely no trainers). Please wear old clothes and bring a pair of work gloves if you have them.