Hogweed Kick-Off Meetings

Join us for one of our 2025 launch meetings for the Esk or the Tyne. Just an hour, but we’ll cover everyrthing you want to know: why it’s important, what happened last year, who is helping, even how to dig one up . Plus coffee and biscuits!

Both on a Thursday afternoon at 2pm:

  • Musselburgh: 20 February in the East Lothian Council Outdoor Learning Service at Musselburgh Racecourse
  • Hadington: 27 February in the Saltire Rooms at John Muir House

If you are interested, or want more details, please contact us mailto:hogweed@elcv.org.uk

Wanted: New Trustees!

ELCV urgently needs more people to join as trustees to help run our charity. Without another three or four new trustees, very likely the charity will be unable to continue. For this reason, we are emailing all countryside volunteers to invite them to consider stepping forward to join us as a trustee. You may have seen the email below (download here), which explains what ELCV does, why we need new trustees and what they do – and how to find out more if you are interested in getting involved.

And/Or see an article in the Courier here

 

A Good Workman Always Thanks His Tools!

Friends of Yellowcraig volunteers making use of some of the tools provided by the grant award from North Berwick Golf Club Community Fund, as they tackle the invasive plant pirri pirri in the sand dunes at Yellowcraig. It’s a task that requires good tools, and as importantly the hands to wield them – so if you are interested in getting involved with countryside volunteering then please get in touch: What can we offer you? | Countryside Volunteering | East Lothian Council

Tyne All Clear

Gone to Seed

By August any Giant Hogweed on the Tyne will have dropped its seeds into the river, contaminating areas downstream for years to come. But we have again completely stopped this happening this year, along the whole 26 miles of the river. Due to the concerted volunteer efforts of all the riverside landowners and a group of 'spotters'. Read all about it here

Serious Spotting!