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Rossendale Wildlife book Launched
 The long-awaited book "Wild Valley - a Celebration of Rossendale
Wildlife" is now in print. This beautiful publication, compiled by
local policeman Dale Pollard, comprises photographs of Flora and Fauna
(including badgers!) taken in the Rossendale Valley by top-class
professional and amateur photographers.
2006 - The book may still be available by mail order for £4.00 (cheque made payable to the Lancashire Badger Group - this includes postage and packing). If you would like a copy, please enquire from:
- P.C. Dale Pollard,
Rawtenstall Police Station,
Lord Street,
Rawtenstall,
Rossendale,
Lancashire. BB4 7LY
(If you wish the book to be sent outside the U.K. the postage will be a little more.)
All proceeds from sales of the book will be donated to the R.S.P.B., R.S.P.C.A., Lancashire Badger Group and the Rossendale Search & Rescue team.
Buy it and support us!
Rossendale
has a wealth of wildlife, and much of it is to be found in this book.
From rabbits to Ring Ouzel and roe deer, the valley's wild population
has been increasing in recent decades. The badger population was sparse
in the nineteen-seventies as a result of badger-baiting: ironically, it
was badger-baiters who reintroduced badgers illegally from Cheshire to
ensure a local supply of the creatures for their cruel activities. Some
of the badgers took to inhabiting the area's labyrinth of old
mineworkings and thus were able to avoid the diggers and form the
foundations of today's thriving population.
Many
of the photographs in the book are by well-known photographer Brian
Oldfield. The pictures are arranged into four habitat sections and each
is given a coding from 1 to 10 according to how likely you are to be
able to spot the animal in question. Birdwatching TV personality Bill
Oddie's message of support and a foreword by former Valley member of
Parliament Sir David Trippier complete a wonderful achievement by P.C.
Pollard, who hopes to raise substantial sums from the book's sale for
the various charities.You can see pictures of the book's launch at the ASDA store on Sunday 9th September 2001 below...
Book Launch at ASDA
The ASDA store in Rawtenstall in the Rossendale Valley in Lancashire
was the scene of the launch of the new photographic book "Wild Valley"
on 9th September. Rossendale's Search and Rescue team, one of the
charities which will benefit from sales of the book, were on hand to
demonstrate their skills in a spectacular mock-rescue from the nearby
river Irwell. A Valley-wide "Wild Valley" competition had been held
involving amateur and professional photographers and local schools, and
the competition's winner, eight-year old Andrew Fielding was there to
receive his prize certificate. Part of the prize was a cash sum for his
school, and the winning photograph, of buttercups, is proudly published
in the book, alongside the work of top photographers.
The
book was the brainchild of local policeman Dale Pollard, who has spent
many leisure hours walking the local hills and often sees wildlife in
the Valley's streets when on early patrols. He says that motorways
flanked with trees and greenery and a gradual cleaning-up of the
results of Rossendale's largely industrial past have contributed to a
wildlife explosion in the area. The book will encourage people to take
a fresh look at their environment and appreciate the wealth of wildlife
around them.
| A young prizewinner admires his work in print, with the book's compiler, P.C. Dale Pollard |
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The Rossendale Search and Rescue team
stage a demonstration river rescue
from the river Irwell alongside the Rawtenstall store. |
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