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LITTER BINS
Deal With Your Rubbish Responsibly
Thanks to the hot weather at the weekend the Park, and particularly the Play Area, was very popular with visitors.
But lots of picnics means lots of rubbish. Recently new bins were introduced to cope with the increased use of the Park.
Over the weekend the bins in the Play Area were stuffed to beyond capacity. The inevitable result is that once everyone has left the the crows raid the bins - the result you can see above.
So next time you find the nearest bin is filling up look for another one. This weekend, of the three bins in the play area two were overflowing but the third was half empty. If all the nearest bins are full pack up your rubbish and take it to the bins in the car park or if all else fails - take it home!
VOLUNTEERS GIVE A BIT BACK
The Friends of Plean Country Park once again joined forces with the Rangers Service and spent the day chopping and burning rhododendron. These plants are a huge problem in the park as they take over the ground they grow on, preventing any of our native wild flowers from thriving and block the sunlight out. This directly affects all other wildlife in the food chain dependent on our native flora.
The sun shone for our action day, with 16 hard working volunteers helping to remove more of the invasive species, Rhododendron ponticum that is found all over Plean Country Park. After a busy morning, we were treated to a tasty lunch of soup, chilli and baked tatties courtesy of Plean Country Park Friends group.
A huge thank you to everyone who helped out on the day.
NEW Interactive Heritage Trail
Trail with Interactive Signs Installed in the Park
Thanks to a grant funding from Heritage Lottery and a huge amount of effort from our Park volunteers and with information from local residents, a new heritage trail has been installed in the Park. Now as you walk around the Park you can find out some details about the history and wildlife of the area from these distinctive interactive semaphore signs.
Lift the sign to read about the history of the location and to find out what wildlife can be seen in the vicinity.
As an added bonus each post has a QR code on the side - see on left. Scan these with your phone and listen to a recorded audio tour of the Park.
Listen to Stirling Council Ranger Jennifer Davidson tell you about the ecology, Friends of Plean Country Park Chair Fran Barr talking on the history and community, and Council archaeologist Murray Cook explaining some of the past history of the Park.
Additionally there are reminiscences from two sisters Mary Taylor and Charlotte Clark who lived on the estate in the 1940s and James Aikman, Stirling Council Land Services and retained firefighter.
Listen to all the audio from the trail here