Don Valley Way Volunteer Day: Kilnhurst Litter-Pick
Meeting Point: Meet on Carlisle Street, Mexborough. Go under the railway bridge and along the road where we will be working on the footpath entrance.
Time: 10am-1pm with a break for refreshments.
Please wear suitable clothing for outdoor work. There are no toilets available to use on this site.
Email [email protected] for more information or call task-leader Sally Hyslop on 07780333743.

Evening Course – Timings to be confirmed.

An evening course delivered by Principal Ecologist and bat expert Robert Bell on how to identify, record and survey the bat species found in the Don Catchment. The evening will finish with a dusk bat walk around Sprotborough, where we will use bat detectors to identify different species by their characteristic sounds.

To sign up please download a volunteer training booking form here.

Chris Firth, DCRT trustee and MBE, will be leading a walk around Sheffield’s Fish Passes and telling the tale of the fall and recovery of the river Don. The walk will follow the river Don along the 5 Weirs Walk, starting at Meadowhall and leading towards Lady’s Bridge in Sheffield. 

Sheffield’s rivers were once rich in Atlantic salmon but human degradation of the river put an end to this famous migration. Hear about how the building of fish passes is reconnecting isolated fragments of river, helping to bring back the return of salmon for the first time in 200 years.

The event is free but booking essential – email [email protected] to book a place or find out more