August round-up: Group bagging and a party — The Friends of Wandsworth Common

We were very pleased to hold our first group duck food bagging session in five years!! These used to be a monthly occurrence, and very enjoyable, but we had to stop them when Covid struck. Instead we...

June round-up: Information Boards launch — The Friends of Wandsworth Common

We launched our information boards project with three Heritage themed boards: one near Skylark, one near the Three-Island pond and one on Northside. A fourth on the Scope will be ready later in the...

May round-up: Bats about the AGM — The Friends of Wandsworth Common

May is the month we mark our birthday – our 7th this year – and hold our AGM – an opportunity to review what we’ve achieved and look forward to the coming year’s activities. We maximise participation...

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February round-up: Walk, Talk, Volunteering and a Quiz — The Friends of Wandsworth Common

Despite the weather, February was busy both outdoors and in. We began the month with the second of Julia Bott’s talks on exercise, encouraging people to act on their New Year resolutions and get out...

January round-up: New Year Events — The Friends of Wandsworth Common

The year began with our usual ‘Walk off the Wine’ event led by Trevor Morris. But this year’s was different, taking us to the new Springfield Park, just a stone’s throw from the Common. A record...

November round-up: Trees, fungi & bats — The Friends of Wandsworth Common

November is always busy on the Common as it marks the start of the tree planting season and lots of other ‘winter work’. We held one of our regular tree walks to catch the peak of autumn colour....

October round-up: Craig telescope — The Friends of Wandsworth Common

The Craig telescope was built on the Common in 1852 ahead of the Great Exhibition. Unfortunately it never met the aspirations of its designer and engineer and worked imperfectly for only a short...

September round-up: Dog Show/Sustainable September — The Friends of Wandsworth Common

We can’t quite believe it but we organised our first, and hugely successful, DOG SHOW at the beginning of the month. We’d been thinking about doing this for a while, prompted by the huge increase in...