Category: Events

Saturday 28 May 2022 About 20 people, including three young children, turned up for our birdsong walk down Beauchief Drive. The weather was kind – blue sky and plenty of sunshine. We started off with the tinkly, energetic sound of goldfinches, a beautiful bird that has become more common in recent years. Robins sang cheerily at regular intervals. Blue tits and great tits chattered here and there. A blackbird called out in alarm as we approached, while another sang in the distance later on. Many of us saw as well as heard a nuthatch. This bird is quite common in

15 February 2022 Toby Pillatt of SCC Forestry Team, led and organised this event, which in spite of the rain and muddy conditions, was great fun, a huge success and seemed to be enjoyed by all.  In addition to familiar faces, it was good to see five members from Abbeydale Rotary Club (in high viz clothing), parents, grandparents, children aged from primary to secondary school, Greener Greenhill and Beauchief Environment Group followers. The community spirit of sharing anchors the whole sense of purpose. A big thanks to Toby, the supporting team, and to all who managed to come along to help towards

Saturday 5th February 2022 at Greenhill Library Eighteen members attended this year’s AGM, which was again held at Greenhill Library after a break of two years due to the Covid-19 restrictions. The evening opened with the formal AGM proceedings. The minutes of the 2020 AGM, held just before the lockdown, had been circulated and were approved. Damage to grass verges continues to be an issue. The Family Fun Day planned for Spring 2020 unfortunately had to be cancelled. The Chair, Diana, announced that Susan Hocking and Trudi Parsons had resigned from Committee membership and thanked them for their many years of hard work and support. She then went through