Sat 2nd August 10.30 a.m.

Reminder - Clean Up this Saturday

Get fit, get a warm glow and help improve the quality of our river for wildlife and for everyone!

Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.

Meet at Ha’penny Bridge House, just outside the west end of the Botanic Gardens, off Ford Road. Or cross the Botanic Gardens Bridge and turn left along the walkway.

We usually finish around 12

The first issue of the Friends of Glasgow Parks News is now available here.

It will come out twice a year from now on.

The Bird Report which unfortunately could not be included in the Summer edition of Fork News is now available on the Bird Report page.

Unfortunately this is the last report by Richard Brown

For many years Richard Brown has provided expert bird observations for FORK News. We would all like to express our thanks to Richard for these enjoyable and informative reports, and wish him well in his (very active) retirement.

Sat 5th July 10.30 a.m.

Reminder - Clean Up this Saturday

Get fit, get a warm glow and help improve the quality of our river for wildlife and for everyone!

Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.

Meet at Ha’penny Bridge House, just outside the west end of the Botanic Gardens, off Ford Road. Or cross the Botanic Gardens Bridge and turn left along the walkway.

We usually finish around 12

The Royal Navy have promised 50+ men and women of mixed rank to lend their manpower to FORK for the second year running.

They will be coming to the Kelvin on Wednesday 25th June to clear rubbish from the river and its banks and have much more access to difficult to reach places than us mere mortal FORKs do on an average clean-up.

Please email Mark with suggested sites then we can build a challenging day for the team building crew.

All the sailors want in return is to be fed at the end of the day and that any  monetary donations to help us do this would be gratefully received by Mark too.

We plan a BBQ for them after they complete their tasks.

Just a reminder that this year’s Friends of the River Kelvin Gala takes place this Saturday (14th June) on the Kelvin Walkway, near the Botanic Gardens in Glasgow’s West End.

For more information, please see:

http://www.fork.org.uk/activities/fork-gala-2008/

More about the West End Festival:

http://www.westendfestival.co.uk/

Update

You can see a report of how the day went on the Fork Gala Report page

The date for the entry to the photo-competition has been extended to Sunday 8th June.

the weather is superb for taking photographs, so get out and photograph!

To enter or find out more, download the entry form here

Sat 7th June 10.30 a.m.

Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.

Meet at Ha’penny Bridge House, just outside the west end of the Botanic Gardens, off Ford Road. Or cross the Botanic Gardens Bridge and turn left along the walkway.

A new page has been added here with initial details of this year’s Fork Gala:

Friends of the River Kelvin Gala 2008

Reminder - Clean Up this Saturday

Sat 3th May 10.30 a.m.

Wear old clothes and strong shoes or wellies. We will provide gloves and grabbers.

Clean up the stretch of river just behind Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum. Meet at the ‘Snow Bridge’, just beside Dumbarton Road Bridge (between the University’s Dumbarton Road entrance and Kelvingrove).