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Grant Funding for F O H W

24.03.23

Ripon City Council recently resolved to award the Friends of Hell Wath £1,000 per year for four years with effect from 1st April 2023. These annual grants will support our work in three key areas: Surveying, managing and improving habitats to encourage wildlife, especially in the Local Nature Reserve. A...

Generous Donation

17.03.23

Thanks to MKM Building Supplies (Ripon) who have generously donated £252 to the Friends of Hell Wath.

Helping Bats To Thrive on Hell Wath

10.03.23

Catching a glimpse of a bat as dusk is a real thrill. In August 2022 our local bat group organised a bat walk and this has sparked interest in doing more for the bat populations on Hell Wath. Working with the local bat group we are looking at siting about...

Trees on Hell Wath

10.03.23

Hell Wath is home to a great many trees, a vital part of the natural environment. Climate change and disease pose challenges for our trees and work is underway to identify and protect the trees we have and find opportunities to plant and nurture new trees for the future. The...

Increasing Wildflowers on Hell Wath

10.03.23

Thanks to an initiative by one of our members, agreed at a Members Activity Group meeting, a scheme to increase the native wildflower diversity of Hell Wath’s meadows has begun. Volunteers have received a wildflower seed pack in exchange for a donation of £5. The idea is that volunteers plant...

Volunteer Activity - 12th February 2023

10.03.23

A great turnout of volunteers who carried out two main activities on Hell Wath: Pond Maintenance and Hedgerow Planting. Pond Maintenance: Four volunteers donned waders and boots to clear leaf litter from the pond and to create a channel to allow the spring water to feed directly into the pond....

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