Friends of the Countess of Chester Country Park

Check out this exciting opportunity with our friends at @tcvnational.bsky.social 🙂 More info here www2.tcv.org.uk/cgi-bin/jobs...

If you would like to join @tcvnational.bsky.social and take part in this exciting conservation project to plant a new hedge along a section of the Shropshire Union Canal in Blacon, Chester, please check out the poster below.
@cprecountryside.bsky.social hope to plant 50% more hedgerow by 2050

The secret world of hedgehogs | Chester Zoo

UK hedgehogs are now classified as Vulnerable (IUCN Red List), but there is good news: gardens can provide them with vital habitats! 🦔

Take a sneak peek into the secret life of the urban hedgehog, revealed by a major camera study supported by Chester Zoo:

www.chesterzoo.org/news/garden-...

🧪🌍

@tcvnational.bsky.social volunteers are the people who do all the conservation work in the park. Please vote for them if you can.

Have you seen a #hedgehog in need of help?
📞🦔🩹
Follow these simple first aid steps & call us on 01584 890801 or your local independent hedgehog rescue as soon as possible.
www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/posters/SOS-...

Don't delay - acting now can make a difference!

#MondayMotivation

Our #CheshireWonderfulWildlife postcards and posters make lovely, inexpensive gifts.
Order them from friendscountessofchestercountrypark.uk

@skintchester.bsky.social @shitchester.bsky.social @wearechester.bsky.social @socheshire.bsky.social @heritagechester.bsky.social @recordlrc.bsky.social

Community Christmas 🎄
Please join us tomorrow to make a free wreath and donate food and toiletries or cash/card to the charities in the quoted post below..
@shitchester.bsky.social @skintchester.bsky.social @wearechester.bsky.social @heritagechester.bsky.social
@thecountessnhs.bsky.social

It was great to visit The Boat Museum to see @nickytomo.bsky.social inspirational exhibition. Brand new Ellesmere Port art work is stunning and of course #CheshireWonderfulWildlife posters are very special to us as we have them un the park
@skintchester.bsky.social @shitchester.bsky.social

Join us on Sun 30th November to make a free Christmas Wreath. Please bring a food donation for Blacon Beacon, Crossroads Hub & Soul Kitchen or a cash/card donation for Share. @skintchester.bsky.social @shitchester.bsky.social @heritagechester.bsky.social @wearechester.bsky.social @cwva.bsky.social

@friendscoccp.bsky.social
#LestWeForget

Please join us on Tuesday 11th November to honour all those affected by war and conflict.
@skintchester.bsky.social @cwpnhs.bsky.social @thecountessnhs.bsky.social @socheshire.bsky.social @shitchester.bsky.social @heritagechester.bsky.social @wearechester.bsky.social @recordlrc.bsky.social

Have you seen a #hedgehog you're worried about?
📞🦔🩹
Follow the steps on our website & call us on 01584 890801 or your local independent hedgehog rescue as soon as possible.

buff.ly/2wodWgS

Don't delay - acting now can make a difference!

#MondayMotivation

A Heritage Open Days promotional graphic with a bright pink background. The left side features large text reading "Uncover stories in your community" with "Uncover stories" in blue and "in your community" in white. The right side shows an H shaped photograph displaying the Lion Salt Works - a modern museum building with distinctive architecture featuring weathered timber cladding on the upper level, yellow brick walls, and large glass windows. The building combines industrial heritage elements with contemporary design. At the bottom is a white section with "12-21 September" in blue text on the left and the Heritage Open Days logo (pink castle icon with blue and pink text) on the right.

Your weekend plans sorted: #HeritageOpenDays kicks off this Friday! Every single event is completely FREE.

Find our full line up 👉 www.heritagechester.co.uk/heritage-ope...

#HeritageOpenDays #HeritageOpenDays2025 #VisitChester #VisitCheshire #FreeEvents #CommunityHeritage

Chester Zoo set to host free family festival with live music The festival has live music and family-friendly activities

Get yourself over to Nature Fest at Chester Zoo at the weekend. The @friendscoccp.bsky.social will have a stall in the Nature Reserve on Sunday .. be sure to come and say hello to them.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/fam...

Recommend you head over to Chester Zoo this weekend to check out Nature Fest .. and it's free! Come and say hello to the @friendscoccp.bsky.social on Sunday and find out about the Chester Wetland project and other great things happening in the #CountessofChesterCountryPark.

Great to see these gorgeous #CheshiresWonderfulWildlife posters by @nickytomo.bsky.social in the stairwells of the @thecountessnhs.bsky.social Inspired by the @friendscoccp.bsky.social Art Trail in the #CountessofChesterCountryPark, they brighten up the blank walls and help with patient wellbeing.

Calling all teachers!

⏰ IT'S COMPETITION TIME ⏰

We want our younger #hedgehog fans to design a t-shirt celebrating all things #hedgehog!
✏️ 👕 🦔
Enter by Sept 20th
👇
www.britishhedgehogs.org.uk/competition-...

SAT 1.00 -3.00 FREE Sketch Book Session
Donations welcome for indoor plants, plus notebooks, cards and pendants designed by Aleta Doran.
@skintchester.bsky.social @shitchester.bsky.social @thecountessnhs.bsky.social @cwpnhs.bsky.social @socheshire.bsky.social @heritagechester.bsky.social
Pls share.

If anyone finds a handbag in the park please could you phone Neil on 07740 899716 or email us at friends.coccp@gmail.com

Everyone is invited to this Community Bioblitz event on Wed 27th August from 10am to 1.30 pm with @tcvnational.bsky.social and @recordlrc.bsky.social at the National Grid's Capenhurst Substation where TCV are heading up some conservation work.

Thank you to @recordlrc.bsky.social for organising this event.

A close up picture of a barn owl chick. It is very fluffy and looks sleepy

A man in a yellow duffel coat ringing a barn owl chick. It is lying against his arm.

A woman in a Chester Zoo uniform (beige with a green brand) ringing a barn owl chick

Four white, fluffy barn owl chicks lying quietly on grass

#birdoftheday: owl

The Estate Biodiversity Team are celebrating a barn owl bonanza! We have three confirmed breeding pairs over a 1.5km area, with 11 chicks ringed.

Four were weighed, measured and ringed today (Friday) by Jimmi, a licensed ringer from Raptor Aid, so we can ID them in future.

🌍🧪🦇

And so it begins. The planning application for the Chester Wetland project has now been lodged with Cheshire West & Chester Council (they're actually the applicant, too). Check out 25/02261/FUL on the Planning Portal to find out more and comment should you wish.
@shitchester.bsky.social

Due to popular demand we are holding another FREE mindful sketchbook session with artist Aleta Doran @aletadoran.bsky.social @shitchester.bsky.social
@skintchester.bsky.social @cwva.bsky.social @wearechester.bsky.social @cwpnhs.bsky.social @socheshire.bsky.social @recordlrc.bsky.social .

We hope to see you this afternoon at our FREE sketch book session. Drop-in, even if only for 15mins. We provide a FREE sketchbook and drawing pencil for you to take home.

Check out this FREE activity with @tcvnational.bsky.social & @recordlrc.bsky.social
If you are into nature and really want to help find out what there is in the area, we will be there looking for butterflies, bees different plants, trees and anything else 'nature' we can spot.

Chester Wetland Project - Cheshire Local Nature Partnership

To help you be better informed about the #ChesterWetlandProject, this article is well worth a read 👇👇
cheshirelnp.co.uk/chester-wetl...

FREE sketchbook session on Thursday 21st August
@skintchester.bsky.social @cwva.bsky.social @socheshire.bsky.social @cwpnhs.bsky.social @wearechester.bsky.social @cfccommunitytrust.bsky.social @aletadoran.bsky.social @heritagechester.bsky.social @recordlrc.bsky.social @shitchester.bsky.social

We hope to see the far corner of the park, and beyond, transformered into a mosaic of different wetland habitats.
🦆 More wildlife
🌱 Cleaner stream water
💧 Better water management
😃 Even more places to enjoy at our park!
@shitchester.bsky.social @wearechester.bsky.social @chesterzoosci.bsky.social

Check out this amazing video from Prof Christian Dunn from our team talking about the plans for the #ChesterWetland project in the #CountessofChesterCountryPark (and beyond) which have just been submitted to Cheshire West & Chester Council.
This will create a mosaic of different wetland habitats.