by Maria Novelly | Apr 27, 2020 | Thoughts about the park
Are there pips in the park…in the dark? As you may already know, pip is short for Pipstrelle, the most common kind of bat species in the UK, whose names range from Alcathoe to Whiskered. (1) Catherine describes how pips have been seen in the past and looks...
by Maria Novelly | Apr 2, 2020 | Plants in the Park, Thoughts about the park
Even with the threat of coronavirus, we can still enjoy strolls (carefully distanced) in the park to admire the spring finery. Forsythia along Elms Road and Magnolia near Buckingham Road Primroses along the Peel Moat Road path Pink Camellia along Elms Road and white...
by Maria Novelly | Jan 20, 2020 | Thoughts about the park
Authors: Krysia and Catherine Well… It gave us the woodpecker… Many residents of the Heatons use the park every day – to walk their dogs, to play bowls, to listen to and observe the birds, to let their children play, to exercise with the running group, to let...
by Maria Novelly | Jan 15, 2020 | Thoughts about the park
Australia would envy the rainfall in the park this winter, but some great days during this winter season include – Carols in the Park was big success on 21 December 2019, with Besses o’ th’ Band and Do Your Thing choirs putting on superlative...
by Maria Novelly | Jun 16, 2019 | Thoughts about the park
This article from the i newspaper concerns a a study carried out by the University of Exeter and covering over 20,000 people from all walks of life. The results demonstrate that just two hours a week in an urban green area like Heaton Moor Park can have a...
by Maria Novelly | May 30, 2019 | Thoughts about the park
Something startled him. He darted like an arrow, russet-brown, still slightly fluffy, out of the wildflower corner and up to the tennis courts, where he wheeled around. He was fully alive, wide-eyed at his surroundings, astonished at finding out that he could run. A...
