With 2013 Centenary planning and fundraising already well underway, the Centenary Committee at HGGC have recently been successful with their application for a Manchester Airport Community Grant of £1500 towards the purchase of 100 Bird Boxes and two large fountains for the lakes on the course.
Working in conjunction with the Stockport RSPB who have assisted the club with bird habitat surveys that identified, buzzards, hawks, owls, woodpeckers, tits and robins just to mention a few.
The RSPB are now suggesting the best sites for the various types of bird boxes. The boxes were all purchased from leading supplier CJ Wildlife in Shrewsbury, at a cost that was heavily subsidised by their own charitable donations programme, and golf club members are now also able to buy boxes for their own gardens at exclusive discounted prices. Contact details are 01743 709545 - www.birdfood.co.uk.
The Manchester Airport Community Grant will also contribute towards the clean up and aeration of the two main lakes benefitting the wildfowl, fish and amphibians that live on the course. HGGC is a registered home to the protected great crested newt and the club have taken specialist advice on the de-silting and aeration of the lakes to ensure the well-being of all wildlife on the course.
The Centenary Committee would also like to thank all the members of the golf club who personally sponsored the bird boxes for this project, which the Stockport RSPB claim to be one of the largest local projects they have ever been involved with.
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