Friends of Haw Park Wood & Wintersett
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  • Previous Events
    • March 19th 2025 – Volunteer Session – The Pol
    • January 19th 2025 – Winter Duck Walk
    • January 15th 2025 Volunteering Day – Clearing Overgrown Vegetation
    • December 18th 2024 – Volunteering Day – Clearing The Islands
    • October 2nd 2024 Bat Walk
    • September 18th 2024 – Volunteering Session Path Clearing
    • September 8th 2024 – Small Mammal Survey
    • August 21st 2024 balsam pulling & the installation of waymarkers in Haw Park Wood earlier this year.
    • June 19th 2024 – Volunteer Session – Balsam bashing deep in Haw Park Wood
    • April 17th 2024 – volunteer session – The Pol
    • March 20th 2024 volunteering in the Pol
    • February 21st 2024, volunteer session, the ditch
    • January 28th 2024 Winter Duck Walk
    • January 17th 2024 volunteer day – vegetation clearance
    • December 20th 2023 – volunteers on the isalnd
    • November 15th 2023 volunteer session, the islands
    • October 22nd 2024 Fungi Foray event
    • October 18th 2023 volunteering: Main Hide
    • September 16th 2023 Saturday Volunteer sessionVolunteer session
    • August 16th 2023 volunteer session, Pol hide
    • JUly 18th 2023 Our AGM
    • July 19th 2023 Volunteer day The Pol
    • June 25th 2023 Butterfly and Moth Day
    • May 21st 2023 Tree Walk n Talk event
    • May 17th 2023 volunteer session – path renovation
    • April 19th 2023, volunteer session, Spring-clean around Haw Park Wood
    • March 15th 2023 – Volunteering in the Pol
    • February 15th 2023 – volunteering in the Pol
    • February 5th 2023 – Winter Duck Walk
    • December 21st 2022 – volunteer day, back to the islands
    • November 16th 2022 volunteer day – island restoration
    • November 12th 2022 – Tree Walk n Talk
    • October 25th AGM
    • 22 October 2022 – Fungi Foray
    • October 18th 2022 – volunteer day, more path renovation
    • September 21st 2022 Volunteer day – path repairs
    • September 11th 2022 Autumn nature trail event
    • August 17th 2022 volunteering day
    • July 20th 2022 volunteer session, Litterpicking around the lake
    • July 16th 2022 Butterfly Day with Yorkshire Butterfly Conservation
    • June 15th 2022 volunteer day balsam pulling & litter picking.
    • May 18th 2022 Volunteering – balsam pulling
    • May 8th 2022 Spring Chorus Walk
    • April 16th 2022 Nature Trail
    • Photography Competition (on until March 31st 2022)
    • March 16th 2022 – maintenance on the Pol path
    • February 16th 2022 volunteer day, tree planting, working the Pol.
    • February 13th 2022 Duck Walk
    • January 19th 2022 volunteering in the Pol
    • December 15th 2021 Dave Mee retirement presentation
    • December 15th 2021 Volunteer day Back to the Pol
    • November 17th 2021. The Pol clearance.
    • October 20th 2021 – volunteer day, island clear-up.
    • October 3rd 2021 Fungus Foray
    • September 29th 2021 Scarecrow Making
    • September 15th 2021 – Heather rescue
    • September 14th 2021 – AGM 2021
    • August 8th 2021 Balsam bashing in HPW
    • July 21st 2021 Tidying up.
    • June 16th 2021 Balsam bashing
    • May 19th 2021 tidying up
    • October 21st 2020 Tidying up
    • July 8th 2020 work in the woods
    • March 18th 2020 work around the lake
    • February 19th 2020 work at the Pol
    • January 26th 2020 Duck / Bird Walk
    • January 21st 2020 Island clearance
    • October 25th 2019 Fungus Foray
    • October 16th 2019 the search for the dam drain cover
    • July 27th 2019 Mammal Walk
    • May 8th 2019 New Signs
    • May 5th 2019 Spring Bird Walk
    • April 24th 2019 a spring clean in the woods
    • December 2nd 2018 Dry Stone Walling
    • December 1st 2018 Horse Mounting Box
    • September 22nd 2017 Balsam Bash
    • September 22nd 2017 Woodland Walk Improvement
    • September 22nd 2017 Bat Walk
    • January 20th 2017 Bird Boxes
    • October 18th 2016 Beekeeping
    • October 16th 2016 New Noticeboards
    • Room on the Broom
  • Galleries
    • Our Fungi
      • Anglers Park & Haw Park Wood fungi list to 2023
    • Our birds
  • Latest News
    • Collect Citizen Coins at our volunteering sessions
    • Communications Officer Role
    • July 16th 2024 Green Flag Award
    • July 1st 2023 new murals on the visitor centre
    • March 31st, 2023 Green Flag judging
    • March 26th, 2023 – Spring Nature Trail
    • March 15th 2023 – mediterranean gull at the shallows
    • Feb/March 2023 Black necked grebe seen again at Anglers Park
    • February 5th – First barnacle goose at Anglers Park
    • January 2023 – new signs and Room with a View
    • January 2023 – Bird flu continues to cause deaths
    • August 2022, “low tide” in the shallows
    • Augst 2nd 2022 Green Flag award
    • August 14th, Dragonflies and other bugs event CANCELLED
    • 2022 Summer fires in Haw Park Wood
    • March 2022 – New gates for Haw Park Wood
    • February 13th 2022. Our newest pond.
    • February 2022 – new swift boxes at Anglers Park
    • November 2021, old path re-opened
    • October 16th 2021 – 2021 Green Flag awards
    • August 19th 2021 2020 Wintersett Annual Report
    • Volunteer Days Update
    • 2021 Friends of Haw Park Wood & Wintersett AGM
    • July 10th 2021 Fabulous new front gates at Anglers Park
    • July 5th 2021 Egyptian Geese fly into Anglers
    • March 1st 2021 New Interpretation Panel

Friends of Haw Park Wood & Wintersett

A voluntary group passionate about our wildlife and environment
Useful links

Useful links

  • Barnsley Bird Sightings. Bird & wildlife sightings from the Barnsley recording area.

 

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, April 17th. 2024.  Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre. Free 30 DAY/monthly-parking permit (for task-day volunteers only, terms and conditions apply).  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided..

Sunday, April 21st 2024  CANCELLED Hedgehog Day event CANCELLED with Royston Hedgehog Rescue.

Sunday, May 5th 2024  Spring Chorus Bird-Walk 8.00 -10.00 am.  Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre. £2 fee for non-members, dogs on leads, always check our website – www.fohpww.co.uk (Upcoming events) for updates before leaving home.  Bring your cameras, binoculars, note books let’s see if we can spot more birds than we did last year!

Wednesday, May 15th. 2024. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre. Free 30 DAY/monthly-parking permit (for task-day volunteers only, terms and conditions apply).  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Sunday, June 9th 2024  Butterfly and Moth event 10.00 am-3pm.  Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre. always check our website – www.fohpww.co.uk (Upcoming events) – for updates before leaving home.  Bring your cameras, binoculars and note books, and let’s see what we have trapped.

Wednesday, June 19th. 2024. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre. Free 30 day/monthly-parking permit (for task-day volunteers only, terms and conditions apply).  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Tuesday, July 16th 2024. AGM for members only. Meeting starts at 18:30 at Anglers Park visitors centre.

Wednesday, July 17th. 2024. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre. Free 30 day/monthly-parking permit (for task-day volunteers only, terms and conditions apply).  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Wednesday, August 21st. 2024. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre. Free 30 day/monthly-parking permit (for task-day volunteers only, terms and conditions apply).  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Sunday, September 8th, 2024 09:30. Small mammal survey. Join us for a couple of hours small mammal surveying. We will be joined by Ann Hanson from Yorkshire Farming and Wildlife . We will use Longford small mammal traps containing food and bedding to capture any voles, shrews, mice and other creatures that may come along. We will inspect and weigh them before returning our little friends back to their natural habitat.

Wednesday, September 18th. 2024. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre. Free 30 day/monthly-parking permit (for task-day volunteers only, terms and conditions apply).  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Wednesday, October 2nd 2024. Bat walk.  Anglers visitors centre. Time will be given when booking. Join us for a couple of hours of bat world mystery and adventure. Ranger Sue Worrall will lead the event. We will use bat detectors so you will see, hear and learn to identify the local bat species. Bring a torch. Weather permitting.  Please note that a small donation of £2 is requested from non-members for the walks, children (accompanied by an adult) free.  Dogs on leads. PLEASE NOTE IT IS ESSENTIAL TO PRE-BOOK YOUR PLACE ON THIS EVENT BY CALLING THE VISITOR CENTRE ON 01924 860280. 

Sunday, October 13th 2024 10:00am Fungi Foray. Meet at the Anglers Park visitors centre. Our event will be led by Hiram Wildgust & Francis Hickenbottom on an excursion to find and identify the various types of fungi growing in our local habitat.
Please note that a small donation of £2 is requested from non-members for the walks, children (accompanied by an adult) free.  Dogs on leads.
Wednesday, October 16th. 2024. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre. Free 30 day/monthly-parking permit (for task-day volunteers only, terms and conditions apply).  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Wednesday, November 20th. 2024. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre. Free 30 day/monthly-parking permit (for task-day volunteers only, terms and conditions apply).  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Wednesday, December 18th. 2024. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre.  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Wednesday, January 15th 2025. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre.  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Sunday, January 19th 2025. Annual duck walk. Meet at 10:00am at Anglers Park Discovery Centre. Join us for a roam around the reserve spotting as many bird species as we can. The event will be led by our own Pete Smith. If you have them bring along binoculars, notebook and camera. Please note a small donation of £2 is requested from non-members for the walks, children (accompanied by an adult) free. Dogs must be on a lead.

Wednesday, February 19th 2025. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre.  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Wednesday, March 19th 2025. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre.  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Wednesday, April 16th 2025. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre.  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Sunday, May 4th 2025. Annual spring chorus walk. Meet at 08:00am at Anglers Park Discovery Centre. Join us for a roam around the reserve listening to and spotting as many bird species as we can. The event will be led by our own Pete Smith. If you have them bring along binoculars, notebook and camera. Please note a small donation of £2 is requested from non-members for the walks, children (accompanied by an adult) free. Dogs must be on a lead.

Wednesday, May 21st 2025. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre.  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Sunday, June 1st 2025. Beekeepers event from 10:00am. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre for an insight into the wonderful world of bees. The event will be led by Mark Buckley from Yorkshire Beekeepers. A glass beehive will be on display to allow for non-intrusive observation. There will also be honey for tasting!

Wednesday, June 18th 2025. Volunteer session 10.00 am – 1200. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre.  Just bring appropriate outdoor working clothes. Tools provided. Refreshments provided.

Sunday, June 29th 2025  Butterfly and Moth event from 10.00am. Meet at Anglers Park Discovery Centre. We will be joined by Les Driffield from Yorkshire Butterfly Conservation for butterfly and moth spotting.  Bring your cameras, binoculars and note books.

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Useful links

  • Anglers Country Park
  • Barnsley Bird Sightings
  • Wakefield Naturalists Society
  • Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

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