Our January 2023 Meet, and a record Haul

 OUR AIM IS TO PROTECT OUR NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE HABITAT IT PROVIDES FOR WILDLIFE ALONG THE RIVERSIDE

The landscape was very bare on our Meet on 29th January 2023, with few signs of spring but many signs of litter distributed throughout the area! The day was mostly cloudy with fine drizzle but not cold or windy, not a day to encourage dawdling to admire the view...

It turned out to be a very productive Meet with a total of 12 participants collecting 10 bags of rubbish and one trolley. Another three newish trolleys appeared in the river under the Deer Way footbridge - spotted before the end of the month. Their appearance and subsequent removal remain a mystery.

The good new was that some Hazel catkins were brightening the bare riverside:

Another winter's day:

A mix of winter trees, Apple and a 

very bare but magnificent old Oak in the background -

and in the centre yellow Hazel catkins

under a very blue sky.