February 18th 2017: Winter clean up (litter pick)
Massive thank you to everyone who turned out in the drizzle this morning to help with our Winter Clean Up!
Ainslie had a team of 7 volunteers starting out from Bright Horizons Nursery going along Robins Lane and around the play park & river area and collected lots of bags of litter, making a great improvement to the area
Ian and eight volunteers including Kim and Kevin from the CoOp (who also kindly donated refreshments!) collected literally hundreds of cans and bottles and other rubbish from around the pond, along Murieston Road and Murieston Trail. Ian was also wading around in the pond to collect floating rubbish – we didn’t get the boat on the water today, so there’s still a few floating items we didn’t reach.
We’ve made a visible difference to the area. Nice to see families coming out to help – all help was greatly appreciated as well as all the dog walkers that kindly thanked us for doing a good job along the route!!
January / February 2017: Fish in the Classroom
In association with River Forth Fisheries Trust, Williamston school and Bright Horizons nursery.
MEG assisted funding with this project again at Williamston school and Fish forth also provided a tank and eggs to Ainslie at the Bright Horizons nursery. The eggs arrived on 25th January and by the 28th some had already hatched. By the 5th of February there were nine little fish swimming around. The nursery children were fascinated to watch them growing, thanks to Ainslie’s diligent care keeping the tank topped with icy water and running the nursery project. By 24th Feburary the fish were really growing big and will be released soon. Below is just a selection of photos of their progress – see our Facebook page for regular updates and more photos!
