News and Events
Upcoming events:
Saturday 11th February - WILLOW ART & CRAFT WORKSHOP, 10am-4pm at York Environment Centre
Tuesday 21st February - GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES in a small space, 7.30-9.30pm at BOOTHAM SCHOOL
Tuesday 21st February - OUTDOOR EXPLORERS for under 5's, 1.30-2.30pm at St Nicholas Fields
Saturday 25th February - LOVE FOOD, HATE WASTE & COMPOSTING free training, 10.30am-12.30 & 1-3pm at York Environment Centre
Tuesday 28th February - GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES in a small space, 7.30-9.30pm at ASKHAM BRYAN COLLEGE
Tuesday 6th March - GROW YOUR OWN VEGETABLES in a small space, 7.30-9.30pm at PRIORY STREET CENTRE
Latest News:
Monday 30th January: Big sunny birdwatch
Fourteen people took part in the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch on St Nicks and spotted 20 different bird species. It was a lovely sunny if chilly morning and you can read all about what we saw on our blog. Thanks to all who came along!
Wednesday 25th January: St Nicks is tweeting!
We have entered the land of Twitter at last - follow us @StNicksFields for little updates and invites to events. One of our first tweets was about this RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch. We hope you will join us this Saturday at St Nicks or take part in your own garden.
St Nicks bird feeders have been very busy, with such charming guests as the Bullfinch pictured here (photo by Ian Traynor), so we should see a nice variety of birds on the day. The event will allow us to get records from different locations within the reserve and improve our knowledge of what tweets out there. St Nicks birds have a big appetite - please get in touch if you could help us keep the feeders topped up.
Monday 16th January: Volunteer Park Ranger Position Available
Are you wanting to get into the environment sector but need experience first?
St Nicholas Fields are on the look out for a new Volunteer Park Ranger to join our dedicated team. Duties will include leading groups of volunteers to maintain and manage the nature reserve, helping update our management plan and risk assessments and engaging with other users of the reserve.
No formal qualifications are needed, although an interest and enthusiasm for the environment and wildlife is essential.
See our jobs page to find our more.
Application deadline: 12 noon, Thursday 2nd February 2012
Friday 16th December: Christmas presents and wishes from St Nicks
St Nicks little shop offers a range of recycled and re-made products, which proved highly popular at the Choose 2 Reuse Fair on 3rd December (pictured) and which make great Christmas presents. Our stock includes lovely jewellery, belts made out of old bike tyres, gift boxes, recycled stationery, heat mats made of wine corks, books, greetings cards, kitchen caddies, composters and even gift tags.
For our tips on Greener Christmas and Christmas composting, see York Rotters' page. We wish you a pleasant festive season and look forward to seeing you in 2012. We shall start it with an Eco-Active Day on Saturday 7th January so we hope you will join us for a green workout. For more details and events please see the Events page.
Wednesday 30th November: Newsletter - CEO welcome, reports and more
We hope you enjoy reading our latest newsletter brimming with news, reports and photos. It includes our new Chief Exec's welcome, update on our community orchard project and much more.
It's available for download as a PDF file*. Happy reading!
* If the file does not open on your computer, you will need to download FREE Acrobat Reader software.
Friday 28th October: The biggest Pumpkin Evening yet!
Wednesday 26th October saw York Rotters' biggest Pumpkin Evening and winning pumpkin yet! We had around 80 people enjoying the pumpkin-filled night so some people were carving their pumpkin masterpieces outside as they wouldn't fit in the hall. We very quickly ran out of the delicious pumpkin soup but there was plenty of three kinds of pumpkin cake for everyone. The carving efforts resulted in 36 entries into the contest but there were only four entries into the Giant Pumpkin Contest. The winning Giant arrived at the last minute but - at over 24 stones - it was certainly worth waiting for. Please see our Gallery for more photos and come along next year!