Friends of Stanley Park and Salisbury Woodland Blackpool
Supporting Stanley Park & Salisbury Woodland Blackpool
The year ends on a good note as the cordons have gone around the lake after being up for more than a month as a measure, by Blackpool Council, DEFRA and Public Health England, to contain and outbreak of Avian Influenza amongst our swans and geese by Blackpool Council, DEFRA and Public Health England. Picture: …
Read More Stanley Park Lake Area re-opensIt is with great sadness that we publish Blackpool Council’s press release confirming an outbreak of Avian Flu amongst our beautiful swans: Yesterday it was confirmed by The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) that 9 of the swans which had died at Stanley Park lake had tested positive for Avian Influenza H5N8. …
Read More Avian Flu Report on Stanley Park – 27th November 2020This year we can’t have our Halloween pumpkin carving or fancy dress parade. So here are a couple of photos of those sent in by our followers. Photo 1 from Hayleigh Michelle, thankyou Hayleigh. Let us introduce you to Humphrey the African Pygmy Hedgehog. Hello Humphrey. Photo 2 from Christine Lambe. Halloween horror. A near …
Read More HalloweenThe Friends of Stanley Park staff the Visitor Centre and regret that during the Covid19 Pandemic it will remain closed until further notice. This includes the other clubs that we operate such as the Craft Club and Dog Walking Club. The Gardeners Club continue their voluntary work in the park and members can often be …
Read More Visitor Centre Closed Until Further NoticeTo document the role Blackpool’s Stanley Park has played in the lives of local people since the start of the Coronavirus Covid19 Pandemic we have set up a new Facebook Page called Park Life in a Pandemic. Please forward any photos and words of what Stanley Park has meant to you during the Pandemic to …
Read More Park Life in a Pandemic