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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Autumn crocuses by the Lodge Entrance - such a treat!

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The footbridge near the house has been repaired. Thank you.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Our next event is a walk with Alf Dimmock ex Senior Park Ranger looking at improvements made since 2010. Friday 4th September meeting at 10.30 in Shutlock Lane Car Park. Please wear footwear suitable for rough ground.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The bat event is fully booked - and we have a waiting list! If you have a ticket but can no longer come, just reply to the email confirmation asking WeGotTickets to release the tickets so someone on the waiting list can use your ticket 🦇 🎟️ 🦇 🎟️ 🦇 🎟️ 🦇

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A bumper crop of sweet chestnuts this year.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

🦇Announcement! All tickets now allocated now to this free event 🦇

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

🦇Book your tickets for our #BrumBats Bat Walk 🦇 🌙 📅 Sat 5 September, 7.45pm 📍Meet in the car park off Shutlock Lane, Highbury Park, Kings Heath, Birmingham 🌟Numbers limited, free event but booking in advance essential, via @wegottickets.bsky.social . ▶ wegottickets.com/highburypark... #BatWalk

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Highbury Park has been recognised as especially important for its nature. This historic landscape of meadows, woodlands, hedgerows, pools and formal gardens has been designated by Birmingham City Council as a Site of Regional and Local importance for Nature Conservation (SINC/SLINC). See thread …

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

It’s a good year for berries for wildlife. These are rowan and laurel

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Gail Pittaway will be leading a history walk around Highbury Park on Saturday August 2nd, starting at 10.30 from the car park. Please wear footwear suitable for rough ground.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Two butterflies spotted by @highburyanne . The first a Small Copper, has only recorded once before in Highbury. The White Letter Hairstreak is rare and this is the second time it has been recorded.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Ragwort is often demonised as an unwanted weed, particularly as it's poisonous to livestock. But now most of the flowers are over in the park , its providing food for cinnabar moth caterpillars, butterflies and - there was a bee but it flew away 🤣

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Highbury Park Friends! Our next event is a Wildflower Walk around the hay meadow, led by Jake Williams B&BC Wildlife Trust. 📍Sunday 12 July, 10.30am No need to book for this one 👉Please meet in the car park and wear suitable footwear for muddy ground. Hope you can join us for this free event. 🥾🥾🌳

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Male and female orange tipped whites captured by Anne of Highbury Park Friends.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Two events this weekend!! 🍃Hedgerows of Highbury Fri 1 May 10.30am 🐦International Dawn Chorus Day Sun 3 May 5am All info in the posters - hope to see you there!

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Did you know that these catkins are the flowers of a willow tree.? You can find out more at the tree walk on April 25th

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Did you know maple trees had flowers? To find out more come to the tree walk on Saturday 25th April - see our pinned post 😊 👆

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Tree walk event! Sat 25 April Free - enjoy!

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Fruit&NutVillage in action at Highbury Park 😊 🌳 www.facebook.com/share/p/1AiZ...

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Pussy willows are looking stunning in Highbury Park at the moment!

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

We got a plug in The Birmingham Dispatch! 📰

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Highbury Park Friends! Our next event is an archaeology walk by Mike Hodder. 📍Saturday 21st March at 10.30am No need to book for this one. 👉Please meet in the car park and wear suitable footwear for muddy ground. Hope you can join us for this free event. 🥾🥾🌳

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Enjoy a Spring time outdoor event with our next activity! Free to join but booking essential because places limited. 🌸🍃🌳🥾🥾

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

A band of volunteers from Birmingham University spent last Sunday planting trees near the railway line which will eventually obscure the ugly fence and view over the track. The trees are a mix of pollinators and other small British trees which will be good for the park's ecosystem.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

📣 Announcing another event! 🌳Join Highbury Park Friends for a tour of the gardens at Highbury to learn about the renovation plans with Chamberlain Highbury Trust's Head gardener, Lucy Simpson. No charge but booking essential since places are limited via WeGotTickets wegottickets.com/event/694822

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

We keep adding events to our programme for 2026! Here's what's coming up soon - view the latest here: highburyparkfriends.org.uk/wp/wp-conten... Keep an eye on social media announcements for changes and updates (& any booking arrangements) - no need to book for these two - we hope you can join us!

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Soring may be on the way. Some welcome splashes of colour in the park.

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Al Grooves @algrooves.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Left on bench

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Al Grooves @algrooves.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

@highburyprkfriends.bsky.social Keys found in the snow

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

On Sunday Lucy , the Head Gardener (Chamberlain Highbury Trust) will be leading a walk around the grounds to tell us about plans for the restoration of the gardens. Meet by the house at 10.30. Please wear suitable footwear for uneven ground.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

Sun, shadows and a little snowman in Highbury Park today.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

At this time of year you can see the silver birch trees glowing in the woods near the house. I believe they are known as the seven sisters.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

If you are in Highbury in the next couple of days stand by the the little playground near the car park and look up . In the sunlight the trees on the skyline really are this colour yellow!

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

A huge beech tree at the end of the big long pond has fallen down blocking the path. You need to walk round on the grass if you're going that way today.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

There are some beautiful autumn colours appearing in the park.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Orange peel fungus found on the path next to the railway line.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🍄‍🟫🍄It’s fungi season … a fly agaric spotted over the weekend in the park - thanks @samlkg.bsky.social. Still a few tickets available for our Fungi Walk with @lukaslarge.bsky.social fri 17 Oct. Free to attend but booking essential www.wegottickets.com/highburyparkfriendsbirmingham 🍄‍🟫🍄

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

The new overflow pool near the entrance to the park is becoming populated with self seeded bulrushes. There are dozens of Poplar seedlings on the banks.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

A crab apple tree near the old Henburys wall. This is one of the trees that was donated by the National Trust for their blossom trail .

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

As late summer begins to turn into autumn - Highbury is glowing with autumn crocii at the moment

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Our next event is a Fungus Walk with @lukaslarge.bsky.social on Friday 17th October at 10.30. Meet in the car park. Free but booking essential via www.wegottickets.com/highburyparkfriendsbirmingham 🍄🍄‍🟫🍄🍄‍🟫🍄🍄‍🟫🍄

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

There is a bird walk on Saturday 25th October from 9.30 to 11. No need to book - just turn up in the car park.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

Join us for this history walk about Highbury Farm on 6th September at 10.30.Free event but booking essential, places limited: 🔗www.wegottickets.com/highburyparkfriendsbirmingham

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

🦋Butterfly walk with Chris Millward @Team4nature this weekend on 📍Saturday 16 August. 📍10.30am - 12.00pm. 📍Meet in the car park. Everyone welcome. No booking necessary. We can count the butterflies at the same time 🦋🦋🦋

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

🦇There will be a bat walk with Brumbats on Friday 29th August at 7.45pm. Booking is essential since places limited. 🔗 wegottickets.com/event/672316 🥾Please wear suitable footwear and bring a torch.

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

August 16th. 10.30am-12pm The Big Butterfly Count Comes to Highbury. Led by Chris Milward, Team4nature. You're invited to join us and learn about the colourful butterflies to be found in the park. We can count them too, for the Big Butterfly Count. Everyone welcome. Please wear suitable footwear

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Corn marigolds and cornflowers near the stream. The marigolds were planted by @bbcwildlifetrust.bsky.social five years ago and have suddenly reappeared

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Highbury Park Friends @highburyprkfriends.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

An artichoke gall on one of the oak saplings near the road entrance to the park. It's caused by the Andricus wasp which lays its eggs in a leaf bud.

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