Friends of Garston Park

07/06/2026

Yellow flag Iris looking fabulous on the park at the moment. Some of the species of bees and mushrooms found on the park too, just shows you leaving some parts unkept and left to nature attracts the wildlife!

07/06/2026

Lots of rubbish on the park today! Thank you to everyone who turned up well done 👏

02/06/2026

June brings a whole new line-up of brilliant butterflies and moths to spot in your gardens and local green spaces 🦋🌿

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02/06/2026

Amazing the amount of bugs we found on the park this afternoon and the sun came out. Thanks again to Laura Carter from Liverpool city Council

29/05/2026

22/05/2026

Another date for your diary everyone please come and join in the fun!

14/05/2026

Liverpool City Region smashed it in the 2026 City Nature Challenge!

🌍 11,396 observations
🪴 1,392 species
🏅 5th of 28 UK projects

Huge thanks to all our recorders, identifiers, Merseyside Biobank, and the brilliant Parks Friends groups who made local events happen: Netherley Volunteers, Friends of Princes Park, Friends of Garston Park. Your wildlife records help protect nature and reveal the hidden biodiversity on our doorstep.

See the full results:

Come and join the City Nature Challenge in the Liverpool City Region (Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral) between the 24th and 27th of April 2026.

13/05/2026

Someone has lost their house keys on the park.
It’s just two house keys and an alley gate key.
If any are found can you let me know please?

Thank you

08/05/2026

Another great bat walk last night. Thank you to everyone who came. And especially to Laura Carter and Paul Sutter from Liverpool Council for sharing their experience and knowledge relating to the bats. Plenty were seen and even better being able to hear them using bat detectors just like this one in the photo. Look out for more events next month 😀

08/05/2026

Some useful information everyone

As the weather improves, it is helpful to think about helping our parks wildlife. Here are some hints and tips for whilst you’re out and about.

🦠 To help stop the spread of disease, remember: ‘feed seasonally, feed safely’. During summer and autumn (1st May - 31 October) there are more natural foods available so wildlife can find what they need more often.

🦆 Bread is okay in small quantities for ducks but you might want to think about other foods such as sweetcorn, oats, peas and seeds. Some of our sites have cafes that often sell duck feed too!

🦔 Leaving out small pots of water for animals such as hedgehogs, whose water source may be dry, or need a little extra in the heat

🦋 Leaving flowers and plants in our parks for the butterflies, bees and other insects as a food source.

🌽 Not leaving out food or scraps in the parks, whilst these can be good for some animals, it can be dangerous for others. The wildlife will always find their food! It can also attract rats and other pests. During the warm weather these breakdown quicker and can cause other animals to become unwell.

🚮 Popping your rubbish in the bins, or taking it home if they’re full to help keep our parks tidy and reduce to risk of the wildlife picking up something they shouldn’t.

🔥 Please no barbecues in the parks as these can cause damage to food sources for the wildlife and dangerous if they aren’t controlled.