The Friends of Pickerings Pasture and Hale Duck Decoy
are a volunteer group who work with Halton Borough Council
to support, protect, develop and promote these nature reserves.
are a volunteer group who work with Halton Borough Council
to support, protect, develop and promote these nature reserves.
Please respect all the Government Guidelines and each other's space.
Please walk to and from Pickerings Pasture.
As well as the usual dog walkers many people are using Pickerings Pasture as an area of relief from the stresses of social isolation. A good walk in the fresh air can do wonders for our mental wellbeing. Please try to keep at least two metres apart when passing others on the footways. Don't get too close to others when greeting them: we all have many friends that we meet regularly down at the Pastures: we want to keep them all safe.
If you develop any symptoms please keep away from Pickerings Pasture for everyones sake. We wish you all well.
As well as the usual dog walkers many people are using Pickerings Pasture as an area of relief from the stresses of social isolation. A good walk in the fresh air can do wonders for our mental wellbeing. Please try to keep at least two metres apart when passing others on the footways. Don't get too close to others when greeting them: we all have many friends that we meet regularly down at the Pastures: we want to keep them all safe.
If you develop any symptoms please keep away from Pickerings Pasture for everyones sake. We wish you all well.
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LATEST PHOTOGRAPHS Updated 4/7/20
Many of these were taken at home during Lockdown but are all things you would normally find at Pickerings Pasture. PICKERINGS PASTURE LOCAL NATURE RESERVE
Click on title below to read pages Latest News 2020 Updated 22/6
Hale Duck Decoy - Recent Events Updated 22/6 The Pickering's Wildlife Garden 2020 Updated 22/6 Volunteer Work Parties 2020 National Mammal Week Bats of Pickerings Pasture What is a Scrape World Wetlands Day Tree Clearance Hale Duck Decoy at Risk Peoples' Walk for Wildlife WeBS Counts - An Urgent Update First Impressions Wildlife photographs of Hale Duck Decoy Gallery of photos, both old and new. The Freemen of Hale at the Decoy Top tips for your tubs. The Tidal Bore at Pickerings Pasture. The Ibis Pool, Hale - A brief history. Black-tailed godwits Dunlins on the River Mersey The Kingfisher. The Peregrine Falcon. HALE DUCK DECOY
The History of Hale Duck Decoy
Wildlife - Past and Present on Hale Duck Decoy The Restoration of Hale Duck Decoy The Flood 1990 Dredging the Pond and Moat Tidal Surge and Flooding 2013 The Freemen of Hale's Visit 2017 A History of the flooding 2013-2017 
There are several old glass slides of the Hale Duck Decoy.
Please got to the top of the page and click on MORE, then PHOTO GALLERY, then OLD SLIDES OF THE DUCK DECOY, to see more pictures. |
Please send any records & wildlife photographs to: pickerings123@gmail.com
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The Friends of Pickerings Pasture and Hale Duck Decoy carry out a range of volunteer activities. Apart from the outdoor activities that they carry out, they run an occasional Pop Up Cafe in the site Centre. We open the Café to raise funds for our volunteer activities.
** Please note that due to Covid-19 the Pop-up Cafe will not open until further notice ** Lynda's health was improving but she has suffered another set-back. Best wishes to all our café visitors. We have appreciated your attendance and support and hope to re-open in due course. 
Click this text to go to a map of Pickerings Pasture on Google Maps.
You could also go to Google Earth and key in WA8 8LP as the location. HBC proposes to build 1700 houses on green belt fields sandwiched between Pickerings Pasture LNR and Halegate Road and on the fields on the other side of Halegate Road, from Halebank Road, through to Hale Village. Most of the land is owned by Hale Estates (on behalf of an absentee land owner) and leased to local farmers, who grow crops every year. What will happen to our local wildlife? Let Halton Borough Council and their planning department know how you feel about the destruction of this small rural wildlife sanctuary on the edge of industrial Widnes.
The FoPP were granted a £10.000.00 award, in 2016, to finance the refurbishment of a Pickerings Pasture LNR pathway, through the Tesco Bags of Help initiative. Find out more details. The FoPP applied to the HBC Area Forum for funding for five new multi-use bins, to replace the four old dog bins and we were successful. The bins have been installed and look great. They will usually be emptied twice a week. The bin at the bottom of car park path always fills up quickly and people have dropped bags on the floor by the bin. This is NOT acceptable and, if caught, you will be fined. The Environment Enforcement Officers are giving out £80 fines. There are 5 bins on site. There are 3 bins on Mersey View Road and 1 bin at the start of the private road to the water works or you can bin it at home. Your dog, your waste responsibility. NO EXCUSE! |
