Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group

A group of volunteers dedicated to the development of the Cromwell Bottom Local Nature Reserve for all to enjoy

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

Congratulations to Kirsty Collins who is  the photograph competition winner for October  in the latest edition of The Grapevine, Brighouse edition

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

Thank you @JoshFG for coming down to see us and for your endorsement!

[Josh Fenton-Glynn MP @JoshFG]

Thank you to the amazing team at @CromwellBottom Nature Reserve for showing me round today. A volunteer run nature reserve covering 75 acres between Brighouse and Elland the work done there is truly exceptional. It has disabled friendly paths – with maps available for people who need them. They put a huge amount of time into educational support including working with 10 schools along with groups like scouts and guides.

On a walk there you are as likely to bump into groups from Staying Well Calderdale as you are rare birds and badgers. While I was there I talked about their future plans to open more of their routes to people in wheelchairs, protect the largest wetland in Calderdale and make things easier for birdwatchers. I also looked at the space they are using to support the project growing sphagnum moss to help regenerate Mooreland.

If you haven���t been there please check them out. A great day with the family and a community as well as a nature reserve.

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

It’s our Open Day this Saturday and we’ve just published our schedule of guided walks and pond dipping. Booking in our main tent essential.

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

Next Saturday is our Open Day. Come down for a wonderful family day out!

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

It’s not too late to get your entries in!

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

@rodshelf @YorksWildlife @CalderCountry Fab photo. Thank you!

[CalderCountry @CalderCountry]

If anyone would like to know more or would like to volunteer to help grow sphagnum moss, email [email protected] to find out more.

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

Vital work that we support down at Cromwell Bottom.

[Slow The Flow @slowtheflow_UK]

Did you know that sphagnum moss holds twenty times its weight in water! Once it was the most abundant plant on the hill tops of Calderdale, soaking up the water as soon as it falls, keeping the peat wet & slowing the flow of water into our valleys.

https://t.co/YIQ1zVrCg6

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

A wonderful date for your 2024 diary …

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

We will NOT be opening the Visitor Centre this Sunday (Christmas Eve). But we WILL BE open on Boxing Day (come down and walk it all off!) and also on the following Sunday (which is New Year’s Eve).

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

We’re sure you’ll be having some drinks over the festive period 😀. Please, please save your empty drinks cans and bring them down to the Visitor Centre; they raise valuable funds to help us maintain the reserve. Have a great Christmas!

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

Our Visitor Centre will be open this coming Bank Holiday Monday serving it’s usual range of cakes and refreshments. Call in and enjoy!

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

Join our moth experts on Sunday 27th August at 10 am at the Visitor Centre to identify the moths caught in the traps overnight. They’re expecting the first of the autumn moth species. All welcome!

[Hayley Cottrell @little_G_eyes]

@Calderdale Can always bring you drinks cans to @cbwgrp and they recycle and claim 1p per can for charity and the money goes back into the nature reserve 🙂👍🏻💕

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

Note: if it’s raining, the event won’t go ahead.

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

Come and join us at the Visitor Centre at 8 pm on Wednesday 30th August for the first of our bat nights - a bat walk and talk led by some CBWG experts. Using our bat detectors, we’ll try to locate and identify any bats in the area. An adventure in the company of bat crazy folk!

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

Initial prep work for our Open Day complete; paddock mown and hay moved to our conservation area to provide habitat for wildlife. Come down and talk to experts about badgers, hedgehogs and moths, see birds of prey and pet a snake. Fun for all the family! 🤞for the weather.

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

Maybe we can get a Happy Birthday sung for you!

[Lee Roberts secret world of wildlife @naturepirate]

Why not come along to @cbwgrp nature reserve this Saturday, I'll be there with @Calderbadgers1 as we have a stall there, maybe we can answer any badgery questions you may have...and wish me a happy birthday 🎂 🥳

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

It’s only 10 days away. Our Open Day will be fun for all the family. Come down and see the fabulous Shibden Valley Birds of Prey, moths, butterflies and maybe some lizards and a snake or two. There’ll be craft stalls and a fabulous raffle. Come on down!

[Cromwell Bottom Wildlife Group @cbwgrp]

Come down to our Open Day on Saturday 5th August. Lots of fun for all the family! @YorksWildlife, @Calderbadgers1 and Halifax Hedgehogs will be there + birds of prey, moths and other activities. @CalderCountry @HalifaxEventsWY @DiscoverHx @VisitCalderdale