Friends of Baildon Moor

Litter pick 6th May 2012

Paul Marfell — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 21:34:15 +0000

Malcolm & Richard have advised that the path to Sconce is reasonably clear of litter, so it has been decided that it would be better-off focusing on an area different to that planned for 8th May. Therefore the next litter … Continue reading →

Litter pick 21 st April 2012

Paul Marfell — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:14:19 +0000

The litter pick on 21st April 2012 on Baildon Moor started from the Upper Eaves Car Park, Hawksworth Rd at 11AM.

David, Malcolm and Debbie collected 10 bags of litter for CBMDC to pick up later.

The tops to the east of the car park were fairly clear as the wind blows the litter into the hollows below the crag. They were able to get at some deeper rubbish before the vegetation has come up, so quite satisfying.

A successful morning.

Litter Pick – Sunday 8th April 2012 11am

Paul Marfell — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 08:51:09 +0000

A litter pick was organised for 11am on Sunday 8th April starting from the Upper Eaves car park.

All were welcome but because of the day chosen only David Sturge and Paul Marfell turned up. Several bags of litter were collected and in some cases it was collected several times due to the wind turning the bags round in our hands and tipping out the content.

In spite of the wind Skylarks were very much in evidence, hovering high-up in the sky and singing their hearts out.

February 2012 Committee Meeting

Paul Marfell — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 08:48:09 +0000

The February meeting of Freinds of Baildon Moor Committee was held on 28th at 7:30pm in Baildon Community Link.

In this meeting (amongst many other things) we continued our development of plans on how to communicae with and involve members in our activities.

The minutes can be viewed here:-

28th Feb 2012 – Feb 2012 final minutes (72 KB)

Committee Meeting March 2012

Paul Marfell — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 02:22:33 +0000

The March 2012 meeting of the FoBM Committee was held on 20 March 2012 at Baildon Community Link, Cliffe Avenue.

2012 AGM

Paul Marfell — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 02:20:39 +0000

The Friends of Baildon Moor AGM for 2012 held on 24th April in the Baildon Community Link on Cliffe Avenue at 7:30pm was an enjoyable evening for the members.

Danny Jackson Countryside and Rights of Way Manager gave a talk on Managing the Moors. You can view the slides he used during his talk here.

The slides used for the report from the Friends of Baildon Moor can be found here.

Lapwings, Plovers and Starlings

Paul Marfell — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:01:30 +0000

Baildon Moor is a great place for wildlife and several bird species breed in the area. Later in the Spring there will be many birds nesting on the ground. We will all need to keep our eyes open to avoid these areas so that the eggs can hatch.

Fieldfare, a winter visitor, can sometimes be seen in their hundreds in some of the adjacent fields.

This year in February there are flocks of Starlings, Lapwings, Golden Plover and a few Curlew.

Click on the photo to go to flickr to see photos of the Golden Plover and Starlings.

FoBM Committee Meeting will be 4 Oct 2011

Paul Marfell — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:27:18 +0000

The next meeting for the Friends of Baildon Moor is to be held in the Baildon Club at 7:30pm.

Note that these are not public meetings.

Sconce Path and other news

Paul Marfell — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:27:27 +0000

The work on the Sconce path is now complete and has received praise from a number of people. Though FoBM believe the work they are doing is for the best it is nice to receive positive comments.

Bradford Countryside Services have started work on the path from Hope Hill down to the gannister pit. A number of complaints had been received about the paths in this area. In the past there had been 5 identifiable paths but at the moment it is planned to work on only one of them.

A bin is to be installed at the end of the Sconce path and signs are to be created for this and the other bins that FoBM have commissioned. The signs are to include the logo of FoBM.

Due to the season, lack of light in the evenings, and the weather, it is unlikely that FoBM will be doing any more bracken strimming this year.

Baildon Parish Council Statement about the Reservoir work

Paul Marfell — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 22:21:23 +0000

At a recent meeting of the Baildon Parish Council it was agreed that a response was needed from the parish council about the work being done on the reservoirs on Baildon Moor.

The document can be downloaded from the parish council website by using this link.