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LATEST NEWS

Nature Notes: new update - posted November 2021

The 'Nature Notes' page has been updated to include the monthly Nature Walk held in November 2021 the report can be accessed via the 'Nature Notes' link to the left.

Welcome to the NEW Wick-ed Gardeners!!!! (November 2021) [UPDATED 15/11/2021]

After a long break the gardening sessions have restarted at the Wick Country Park. New arrangements, new name - welcome to the Wick-ed Gardeners! Marie, the group's convener, writes:

The Autumn Walk and AGM (October 2021)

These events took place on October 10th. A report and some photos from the day are available here .

Skylarks Issue 67 now available (September 2021)

Topics covered in this issue include the Autumn Walk; Wick Country Park - Wildlife Sightings; Wick Country Park Moth Night & Star Gazing; Planting of the Cherry Blossom Trees; and Improvements to the Wick Country Park Entrance. To access this issue on line, please click on the "on-Line Archive" link to the left.

For more Information about local wildlife, please visit the Wickford Wildlife Society website.

Moths & Star Gazing Night

A very succesful event was held on Saturday August 21st 2021. Please visit the Moths Night & Star Gazing page for a report.

Improvements to the Wick Country Park entrance

Three important upgrades to the entrance to the Country Park have been completed during 2021:

1. Repainting of the entrance gates
2. Planting of a line of ornamental cherry trees - see below
3. New driveway and refurbished car-park

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Thank you, Wickford Wombles

The Wickford Wombles have teamed up with the Council and have secured a number of cherry trees that have been planted along the driveway to the Park. Please click here for full details. The trees were planted on March 3rd 2021. See the picture gallery below:

Update: the trees in flower! (late April, 2021)

Further update: the nameplates on the trees (October 2021)....

As you wander along the pathway from the nice newly refurbished green gates, alongside the line of cherry trees, you may have noticed that those trees have all been given a name plate? Perhaps you are curious to know more? The Wickford Wombles came up with the idea of inviting people to sponsor a name plate for £10 each, with all procceeds being donated to the Essex Wildlife Trust. If you start from the end nearest the roundabout you may spot a pattern connecting the initial letter of each name, which spell out T H E W I C K C O U N T R Y P A R K.



You might also have noticed that the area around each of the trees has been planted with wild flower seeds - thanks to Kim Oakes.

Criminal Act of Cruelty to Wildlife at the Park, February 2021

It is with huge sadness and annoyance that we record that an act of mindless cruelty has been reported at the Park; under the Wildlife and Countryside Act, this event is classifiable as a criminal act, and has therefore been reported to Essex Police. It has also been reported in The Echo, and it has 'gone viral' on local social media platforms.

WARNING: by clicking on this link you will be confronted by a vivid account of the incident, including a potentially distressing full colour image of a live wild Canada Goose in obvious considerable distress.

The Skylark Regeneration Project

There are many references to skylarks on this website - for a start, our logo is based on this irresistible and intriguing bird, and it is also provides the title of our quarterly newsletter. Back in the early days of the Wick Country Park, Skylarks were common flying high in the sky, but now they have sadly gone.

Our current project is the regeneration of an area in the Park to encourage the Skylarks back by planting Teasels. A substantial area within the Park was sown in early April. Some rain would help to promote germination!

The teasel is a tall plant and is identified by a cone-like flower head with flowers that are tiny and purple, and then the seed heads turn brown in winter. Teasels are visited by bees when in flower and by birds when in seed. Importantly, the plants also provide essential cover for ground-nesting birds, such as skylarks. The Skylark plot was prepared prepared early in 2020, and a substantial area within the Park was sown in early April. Some rain would help to promote germination!

We will keep you informed of progress - hopefully pictorially when the Teasels flower!