Tag Archives: bees

The Start of our 17th Year…

Posted on January 7, 2026 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Who would have thought that we would be turning out once a week, every week, for such a long time? Sixteen years under our belts – 832 workdays (appox 10,000 man-hours), and 52 more workdays for this coming year. Incredible … Continue reading →

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Spring Well and Truly Delivered

Posted on March 19, 2025 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

If you are viewing through the WordPress Viewer click on cawstongreenway.co.uk for a far better experience. It’s the first day of spring today. Personally, I don’t go by the 1st March date because nothing really seems to happen until about now. Five … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged bees, butterflies, coffee, nature trail, sausages, wild birds UK | 7 Comments

The Transfer Of My Thoughts

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This week we started to try and transfer what is rattling around in my head, and see if we can create it in real life. In my head it’s something like this… At the moment it seems like a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged bees, butterflies, cawston greenway, greenway, nature, outdoor life, outdoors, Railway path, volunteering, wild birds | 12 Comments

Duke of Edinburgh Workday

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It always gives us a huge amount of satisfaction when we work with our young Duke of Edinburgh volunteers. George’s task is to create a clearing and get a bench put in, a bird nesting box up, and some wildflower … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged bees, benches, biodiversity, butterflies, countryside views, cycling, Duke of Edinburgh, picnic benches, volunteering, walking | 11 Comments

Year Of The Dragon

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

This week we celebrate the start of the Chinese New Year (Lunar New Year) and this time around it’s symbolised by the dragon. In the Chinese culture, the dragon represents good luck, strength, health and also the male element Yang. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged bees, beetles, bench, benches, bird boxes, butterflies, Chinese New Year, litter-pick, recycle recycle recycle, recycling, wildflower glades | 13 Comments

Two Weeks To Go…

Posted on August 16, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Yep, two more weeks of the Bird Nesting Season. Two more weeks of twiddling our thumbs doing not a lot. Just snipping back bramble runners that try and invade the open space that is the path, fixing benches and picking … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged bees, butterflies, cawston greenway, community, conservation, cycling, hoverflies, nature, outdoors, running, wildflowers, wildlife | 28 Comments

Who or what is CHAD???

Posted on July 19, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

A Chad has appeared on the inside of our bridge… But who, or indeed, what, does it mean? After many hours of pouring over the internet and extensive research, I have come up with four possible answers. Is it Saint … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged Africa, bees, Borat, butterflies, cawston greenway, Chad, community, conservation, Kazakhstan, nature, outdoors, railway paths, Warwickshire, wildlife | 32 Comments

We finished re-staining the benches…

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

Today, we cracked on with re-staining the rest of our bench collection with my mate, who does what it says on the tin, Ronseal. And it didn’t rain!!! There’s a first!! Don’t they look absolutely divine. Simple, yet elegant design, … Continue reading →

Posted in Newsreel | Tagged bees, benches, butterflies, cawston greenway, community, conservation, cycling, Endangered Butterflies, litter pick, nature, outdoors, running, volunteer work, wildlife | 7 Comments

Playing Farmers

Posted on April 19, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

It’s always a tremendous feeling to be at the start of a wildflower-glade creation. Sowing the seeds that we collected last summer, and adding new seeds to the mix, to try to increase the biodiversity. To not do this means … Continue reading →

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Renaming The Benches

Posted on April 12, 2023 by Paul - Cawston Greenway

We have some new additions to our bench collection, and some modifications, due to the over-enthusiastic youth trying to wrestle with them last year, after too much fighting juice. We also have the first of the Spring blossom. The feel-good … Continue reading →