Birmingham Parks: January 2010

• Jan. 6 by Natalie Adcock (0)

2010 is off to a snowy start and our Birmingham Parks are looking beautiful, so Birmingham Recycled is summing up the month’s countryside activities for you to get involved with.

As Birmingham Recycled has looked at before, it pays to be a conservation volunteer and what better way to enjoy the winter landscape in our rural areas then helping out the park rangers, our finding out a bit more about our feathery co-inhabitants?

We advice you to check the websites to find out of any event cancellations due to snow, and for general parks information you can call 0121 464 8728 or email parks@birmingham.gov.uk

Get creative

On Saturday 9^th January you can learn how to make a bird cake feeder to help our feathered friends get through the tough winter at Sheldon Country Park.

There’s a Greenwood craft demonstration at Handworth Park on Sunday 24^th, where people can find out how to use green wood to produce useful or decorative items.

Get closer to wildlife

In the Lickey Hills Country Park on Sunday 17^th, there’s a Winter Birds Talk and Walk event where people can find out more about the winged creatures with a short classroom session and a four-mile walk to Bittel Reservoir.

The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds are also organising a bird watch in preparation for the Biggest Bird Survey in the World marking 30 years of the event at Sutton Park on the 23^rd January.

On the last Saturday of the month there’s another Winter Bird Walk at the Edgbaston Resevoir to learn how birds survive the winter conditions, find food and maintain their habitats.

Conservation Workdays

There is no shortage of conservation workdays this month giving people the opportunity to give something back to out outstanding city.

On Saturday the 9^th January you can join in at the Edgbaston Reservoir managing the woodland, or on the same day help at the Shire Country Park if you’re closer and on Sunday it’s the Kingfisher Country Park and the Plantsbrook Local Nature Reserve in need of help.

The weekend after, our famous Moseley Bog is looking for volunteers on Saturday 16^th January.

Another two events take place on Saturday 23^rd January at the Billesley Common and Balaams Wood LNR.

Finish the month off with a big Conservation Workday Weekend at Cannon Hill Park on the 30^th and 31^st January.