{"id":5461,"date":"2021-07-05T22:44:50","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T21:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/?p=5461"},"modified":"2021-07-11T16:52:01","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T15:52:01","slug":"soroptimists-on-the-wildlife-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/2021\/07\/05\/soroptimists-on-the-wildlife-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"Soroptimists on the Wildlife Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h5>Crosby\u2019s Soroptimists celebrated the re-opening of Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve with a walk and picnic.<\/h5>\n<p>Cheryl Ashton and Molly Toal of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancswt.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside<\/a> (LWT) led the group round the reserve. They pointed out new features, such as ponds which will attract a host of creatures, thus increasing Lunt\u2019s biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>SI Crosby has a long-term partnership with LWT. It was encouraging, therefore, to visit Lunt in all its summer glory.<\/p>\n<p>The reserve has been closed since last winter\u2019s Storm Christoph led to the River Alt bursting its banks and flooding the site. The Environment Agency has repaired the breach.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;white&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_media_grid grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1626018639387-8c6df81c-d05e-6&#8243; include=&#8221;5463,5453,5465&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Soroptimists have sponsored the twinning of the reserve\u2019s new compost toilet. Its \u2018twin\u2019 is a facility for girls at a school in Malawi.<\/p>\n<p>Girls in so many countries miss out on education because of the lack of basic sanitary provision. Many drop out of school completely once their periods start as they feel so vulnerable without a proper toilet. One simple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.toilettwinning.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018twin\u2019 toilet<\/a> will transform the lives of so many girls.<\/p>\n<p>Club President Chris Smith presented Molly with the \u2018twinning\u2019 certificate.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;white&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_media_grid grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1626018639395-211f383b-fddf-5&#8243; include=&#8221;5455,5468,5469&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Soroptimists saw the site of the welcome centre, due to be built soon. This will provide a base for \u2018education\u2019 in its widest sense \u2013 a project in which the Club is delighted to be involved.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, many of the Soroptimists are <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/crosby\/2021\/06\/04\/flower-power-soroptimists\/\">\u2018nurturing\u2019 wildflower seeds<\/a>. The mature plants will eventually be added to Lunt\u2019s meadow areas.<\/p>\n<p>One plant that is not welcome is Himalayan balsam, an invasive species \u2013 beautiful but harmful to native fauna and flora. Molly\u2019s brief demonstration led to some useful (and fun) \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lancswt.org.uk\/blog\/how-help-tackle-himalayan-balsam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">balsam bashing<\/a>\u2019.[\/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=&#8221;white&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_media_grid grid_id=&#8221;vc_gid:1626018639404-eab0b39c-5d53-5&#8243; include=&#8221;5470,5475,5476,5474,5487,5473&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Crosby\u2019s Soroptimists celebrated the re-opening of Lunt Meadows Nature Reserve with a walk and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":5454,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Soroptimists on the Wildlife Trail | News | Blog | Events | SI Crosby<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI Crosby : Blog &amp; News : Soroptimists on the Wildlife Trail : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI Crosby . 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