Our award-winning Churchyard is freely open for the enjoyment of the community and visitors. A lot of hard work is put in by a group of dedicated volunteers who strive to increase the biodiversity of the area, whilst providing space for quiet prayer, reflection and meditation.
Kit has done his monthly early morning bird survey on the 8/11/2019 at 8:20 – 9:20am : Species recorded (Birds): 14 Blackbird (6) Blue Tit (5) Carrion Crow (2) Goldcrest (1) Greenfinch (2) House Sparrow (6) Jackdaw (9) Magpie (4) Nuthatch (2) Robin (1) Woodpigeon (10) Wren (2) Mistle Thrush Read more
Kitt’s monthly bird survey 5.10.2019 at 08:15 – 09:10 Species recorded (Birds): 13 Blackbird (7) Blue Tit (6) Carrion Crow (3) Dunnock (2)Great Spotted Woodpecker (1) Great Tit (4) Jackdaw (8)Jay (1) Long-tailed Tit (8) Magpie (1) Nuthatch (3) Robin (2) Woodpigeon (15) The team has been busy cutting the Read more
Kit Twigg has just done the September bird survey and said that very few species about and not one Blackbird! However, it’s the same in my surveys at Chirk castle at the moment – Blackbirds are shy this time of year during their moult. It was good to see a Read more
A great day for all was held at St Mary’s Church Chirk on 26th August where intrepid Teddies flew the Zip Wire from the Church Tower. A barbeque satisfied human appetites along with an array of delicious puddings and cups of tea and coffee. Add to this a treasure trail Read more
Kath and Ferelith attended the ‘Green Flag’ (Keep Wales Tidy) awards held in Wrexham last week. We are very proud to be presented with the award by the Wrexham Mayor once again. The team has started to cut the long grass in 3 different areas in the churchyard. We will Read more
This month’s bird survey was held in St Mary’s Churchyard on 04/07/2019 : Species recorded (Birds)16. Blackbird 16 Carrion Crow 3 Coal Tit 2 Dunnock 2 Goldfinch 3 Great Tit 1 House Sparrow 2 Jackdaw 13 Magpie 3 Robin 4 Song thrush 3 Swallow 2 Swift 4 Willow Warbler 1 Wood Read more
The churchyard team welcomed Gwyl Roche from Green Flag (Keep Wales Tidy) on 21st May. We showed him around and explained what we have been doing over the past year and how we go about doing our projects/maintenance of the churchyard. The Green flag can be seen occasionally flying from Read more
Our churchyard group treated Saturday morning shoppers to a plant sale, held outside St Mary’s Church, Chirk. The Oswestry Advertiser came and wrote an article about it, which can be read here. The churchyard volunteers are a hardworking group who meet every Friday afternoon. There is more information in the Read more
Churchyard May new update Bird survey by Kit Twigg 06/04/2019 07:20 – 08:24 Complete list of species recorded (Birds): Blackbird (6) Blue Tit (6) Carrion Crow (4) Chiffchaff (2) Collared Dove (1) Dunnock (1) Goldfinch (5) Great Tit (3) Greenfinch (3) Jackdaw (7) Pheasant (1) Robin (4) Woodpigeon (8) On Saturday Read more
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