The Friends of
Prince of Wales Park
News 1
News 2
What is POWPFix? It's a project to help fix some of the BIG long standing problems we have in the park. Our main issues are related to the old, Victorian drains. They were never expecting the deluges we get now due to climate change. The next problem is the path material we have in the park. Basically, it washes off and blocks the drains. All of this means badly eroded paths and flooding. We have worked hard for 12 years trying to fix this and realise we need professional help and money.
We are partnering with Groundwork UK to survey the issues and produce a costed plan to address as much of them as we can. When we get that we will use it to bid for major funding to complete the work. BUT, to get that plan it will cost us, The Friends, around £7,000! We have raised some through donations from the community, Bingley Town Council, Shipley Area Community Chest, and Damart. We still have a shortfall and are asking for donations to help us. We are SOOOO close so any donation will be very welcome. If you can please use our new Croudfunding page or use the other methods in our donations page. If you have any questions please use our contacts page or talk to one of the volunteers in the park.
Its all happening in the park! We are now a Local Nature Reserve. The accolade is recognition of what we all know POWP is a fantastic place for wildlife. We intend to make it even better
News 3
On Sunday 21st Sept we had a great Fungi walk. A small but enthusiastic group searched the park to see what they could find. There is more information about fungi and other wildlife at the following locations.
Mid-Yorkshire Fungus Group includes a number of mycologists. During the autumn they have weekly forays all around Yorkshire.
Bradford Urban Wildlife Group (BUWG) & Bradford Environmental & Educational Service (BEES). Both have trips out, some of which are for fungi, but mostly are generalist nature events.
John Gavagan, our expert sent his comments. Species found = Brown Rollrims, False Chanterelles, Clustered Bonnets, Birch Polypore, Blushing Bracket, Hairy Curtain Crust
Common Puffball, Earthballs, Chicken of the Woods (not much of it left !), The small inkcaps (we saw by the path), I have now concluded were not Common but Pleated Inkcaps, Fly Agarics, The Blusher, Deer Shield, Sulphur Tuft (the tiny orange ones we saw at the end).
The small orange ones, see my pic, are very likely to be Deceivers according to my expert friend Andy W. We do regularly see Deceivers at the park.
The most interesting species are the Oysters growing at the base of a birch. Andy said they looked very like Pale Oysters. These are also known as Summer Oysters (Ostreatus pulmonarius). They are smaller, paler than the usual Oysters and most importantly they grow in the warmer months ! It has been very warm of late.