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Cormorant

Cormorant

Photo by Jani Helle and shared on Flickr Got a great photo of the Kelvin? Share it on Flickr and add it to the River

Photo by Jani Helle and shared on Flickr Got a great photo of the Kelvin? Share it on Flickr and add it to the River[Continue]

Heron

Heron

Great photo by jamesdunbar42 and shared on Flickr Got a great photo of the Kelvin? Share it on Flickr and add it to the

Great photo by jamesdunbar42 and shared on Flickr Got a great photo of the Kelvin? Share it on Flickr and add it to the[Continue]

Updates – Jan 2012

FORK AGM 1 October 2011
New officers elected,Convener –Sally Johnston,Secretary – Alan Peach,Treasurer –Allan Twigg,Deputy Convener – Laurence King

OSCR Annual Returns
FORK has submitted all outstanding Annual Returns and OSCR Website now shows these as received and checked.

NEXT CLEAN UP
Next Clean Up Saturday 4th February. Meet at Ha’Penny Bridge House at 10.30 am.

About Us

Friends of the River Kelvin (FORK) is a society formed in 1991 to build public awareness and commitment to the care and maintenance of the Kelvin and its tributaries Preserving a rich natural habitat and a place of unspoilt beauty in the heart of the city, FORK exists to improve the state of the River Kelvin and its environs Read More»

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Newsletters

FORK News – Summer/Autumn 2010

FORK News – Summer/Autumn 2010

View the Summer/Autumn FORK Newsletter online here Summer/Autumn 2010 FORK Newsletter – pdf version [Continue]

Bird Report

FORK Bird Report – Summer/Autumn 2010

FORK Bird Report – Summer/Autumn 2010

The report in the last FORK news was written at the end of March so this one covers the months from April until August. April saw the return of the warblers – Blackcap and Chiffchaff in the Botanic Gardens, and Willow Warbler further upstream at Dawsholm. Sand Martins are one of the earliest migrants to [Continue]

The Lost Mills of the Kelvin

Dawsholm Paper Mill

Stuart Nisbet on the second mill to bare the Dawsholm name As we saw in the last edition of FORK, two separate mill sites on the Kelvin bore the ‘Dawsholm’ name. Here we look at the upstream site, ‘upper’ Dawsholm. Both upper and lower Dawsholm first appear as mill [Continue]

Convener's Chat

Convener’s Chat – Summer 2010

Convener’s Chat – Summer 2010

The most important event to have taken place this year was our Gala held in early June as part of the West End Festival. FORK had many more visitors to the Gala than ever before. Feedback from the stall holders was generally positive with all stalls, with one exception, reporting a profit. The reasons for [Continue]

Convener’s Chat – Spring 2010

Convener’s Chat – Spring 2010

Since I last wrote FORK has been nominated for two awards!  Really quite chuff making, I am sure you will agree! The first was a Glasgow Community Champions award sponsored by the Evening Times. The presentation took place in the Maryhill Community Halls, in Maryhill Road.  I wrote to you all on this monumental occasion, [Continue]

Site Updates

Saturday April 2nd – River Clean Up

Come along to the Ha’ Penny Bridge on Saturday  2nd April 10.30 am  This is the start of FORKs   5 Saturday Clean Ups for the Keep [Continue]

Welcome to the new FORK website

As you might have noticed the FORK website has changed. Now rather than having the same static information on the front page, there are excerpts of  [Continue]