My town has an area of urban green space near to the town centre, known as The Wilderness, Its cared for by volunteers who visit there every morning to feed the swans.
It's a beautiful area and valued by the town's people.. there was an item on the town's face book page the other week, about a cygnet found floundering on the duel carriage way, which used to be the railway and runs parallel to the Wilderness; it was supposed that it was a failed first flight and guided back to the lake! It's visited each year by Canada Geese, which we often see flying over our home, both night and morning.
It is teaming with wild life, birds, trees and small creatures and in 2020 a group of volunteers planted 2000 bluebells and 2000 daffodils.
Why am I telling you all this is because, when I was little I played there with school friends and it was just a scrubby area with a thin trickle of a stream. I often went home with wet muddy knicks where I had slipped over.. there wasn't any visible wild life, just a lot of screaming children. It was a heavenly place to play altho' not approved by my grandmother, but then who would have told her where I had been? I certainly didn't and there was a neighbour often around to clean me up before I ventured home!
I was amazed when I moved back here 3 years ago, how different it was.. thankfully it will always be looked after by groups of volunteers.
A truly beautiful place well worth looking after.
Chrisxx
11 comments:
How lovely to have such a beautiful place nearby
What an amazing transformation and a delightful area for wildlife.
It does indeed look like a beautiful place, how lovely that it's now taken care of by volunteers. I also used to get up to a lot of muddy scrapes when I was a child, my Mum despaired of the amount of washing I created.
Swans, so elegant. How lovely a place for your entire community to enjoy. And always it is volunteers to keep these places so clean. Enjoy now, and never forget your childhood.
What a wonderful place!
That's really nice that volunteers are keeping up the Wilderness for all to enjoy.
The area is a treasure! Sometimes people get it right!
What a beautiful place! I'm happy it's been cleaned and made into a place both wildlife and people can enjoy.
That is a wonderful place to visit and the wildlife will all be enjoying the habitat the area now provides. Memories of your childhood and now somewhere to enjoy again in a different way. A thank you to all those who look after the area for the good of everyone x
Swans and wilderness. What more could you ask for?
Lovely place. Your childhood memory made me smile.
I wish there was such a place closer to us. Nearest is about 25 minutes drive. Not far, I suppose, but we don't go there very often. There is a small lake at the end of our road but it is on private property, lots of no trespassing signs.
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