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CONTENTS 06 BIRDWATCHING IN LEEDS A robin is for life, not just for Christmas.
10 GETTING ACTIVE, HAVING FUN Leeds Let’s Get Active programme can fight the mince pie monster and be great fun too.
22 SUBURBAN GARDENS If you’re looking for some “green-fingered” tips - then look no further!
30 CLASSIFIEDS Looking to use the skills of a local business? Look no further!
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Welcome to edition 22 of Suburban Magazine. Thank you and congratulations to this years’ winner of our Christmas front cover competition. It has been a great experience this past year growing the magazine and we are very grateful to all who have been a part of this – whether it be through advertising or providing articles. We are definitely finding our feet now and have been able to make some valuable contacts with many local community groups and organisations that we can support through the magazine and in turn raise awareness for us all as to what is available on our own doorsteps. We are looking forward to the next year and hopefully further progress and would like to wish all of our advertisers, contributors and readers a very Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year.
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A ROBIN IS FOR LIFE, NOT JUST FOR CHRISTMAS As Christmas cards begin to drop through the letterbox, you can be forgiven for thinking that Britain’s favourite bird, the robin, is only with us for the festive season. Of course, readers who love the outdoors will know that this beautiful bird can be found in most habitats throughout the year. What makes it more endearing is its confiding nature and that it can easily be attracted to the smallest garden. It’s this relationship with humans that allows us to observe the robin’s interesting behaviour over the changing seasons. Once the breeding season is over, like all other birds, robins stop singing and, sequentially, moult every feather. They lay low in the dense foliage and feed secretly on insects. Once feathers are renewed, like other birds, robins will relinquish the boundaries they maintained over the spring and summer months. Many will move away, but once they have found a good food source, they will start to defend a territory once more. Having a well-stocked garden might encourage your robin to stay close by but, even if it does move, chances are your regular robin will be replaced by another individual until early spring. It could even be a bird that has come all the way from the continent. Look out for a paler orange breast instead of the vibrant red you are used to seeing. You’ll know whether you have a robin living in your garden as, unlike many other birds, robins sing during the winter months. In fact, they are unique in that both males and females will defend a territory and both will sing. If you see two robins during the autumn and winter, look for posturing behaviour as they defend their territories. Any disputes are usually resolved by posturing but you may also witness birds chasing each other or, in extreme cases, fights can break out. Both males and females will instigate fights and they will fight each other. If the challenger won’t retreat, both sexes will kill other robins. The advantage for us during these winter months is that we get to hear some bird song in an otherwise quiet environment. Most of the singing you will hear in autumn and up to mid-December is from male and female robins. 6 | SUBURBAN MAGAZINE
Robin seen in Rodley
You will also hear loud bursts from wrens. As we move from winter to spring, male and female robins will relinquish their separate winter territories. Our continental visitors begin to migrate to their breeding grounds and the birds that moved away from our gardens, if they survived the winter, will return from the south. Male and female robins will then pair up and begin to defend a shared boundary. Once again, you’ll be able to watch posturing behaviour as these boundaries are established and rival birds are chased off. You may also see courtship behaviour as new pairs reinforce their bonds and a nest is built. During this time, the female will stop singing leaving this activity mainly to the male while she lays and incubates eggs. The male will feed the female while she is incubating so, if you see a red-breasted bird quivering like a chick and being fed, this is the adult female. Four to five eggs are laid and chicks are fed by both parents in the nest. Chicks fledge at thirteen to fourteen days. The young speckled birds are fed on the ground by their redbreasted parents. These young will look like adults by early autumn and will be ready to breed themselves by the following spring. Linda Jenkinson teaches people about birds in and around Leeds. For details of classes email linda.startbirding@gmail.com or call 07778 768719. Visit www.startbirding.co.uk or Start Birding on Facebook and Twitter
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GETTING ACTIVE, HAVING FUN As we head into the festive season and face the temptation of an extra mince pie or two, it is nice to know we can get great access to leisure centres and sports facilities in the city. It doesn’t have to be a New Year’s resolution, but taking up the Leeds Let's Get Active programme can fight the mince pie monster and be great fun too. Leeds Let’s Get Active supports people to become active through the provision of and access to leisure centre and community sports and activities within a supportive and welcoming environment. The opportunity is available citywide and open to all, and has provided a programme of leisure and community physical activity since 2013 with heading for half a million visits to sessions. Because 45% of these visits have been made by participants who were classified as inactive when they signed up we know that it works. So, you could join the 4,000 people who take part in at least one Leeds Let's Get Active session every week, even if you haven’t been to a leisure centre before. From 1st January 2017, for either just £10 per month membership, you can access selected gym, swim and court sessions, or if you just want to attend every now and again you can pay £2 per swim, gym or court session.
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Children need to be active for 60 minutes a day and the 10 Minute Shake Up - www.nhs.uk/10-minuteshake-up/ site is full of good ideas and fun games. Read more at https://www.nhs. uk/10-minute-shake-up/shakeups#w0xlgtgTgbi7pfhi.99 Top tips to get healthy by exercising from http:// www.nhs.uk/Livewell/ childhealth6-15/Pages/ Getactivewithyourkids.aspx Bristol University's professor of exercise and health sciences, Ken Fox, has 10 suggestions that can make exercise fun for all the family. TEN ACTIVITY TIPS FOR FAMILIES
1. Walk or cycle to and from school with the kids as often as possible. 2. Build a den or treehouse with them in the school holidays. Or, under supervision, encourage them to climb a tree or two. 3. Go roller skating, rollerblading or skateboarding, indoors or outside. In winter, go ice skating. Kids also love scooters. 4. Do an activity challenge together, such as working towards a fun run or a walk for charity. Find out about charity walks in your area at www.walkingforhealth 5. Take the dog for a walk. If you don't have one of your own, ask to borrow a neighbour's or friend's dog
and take it for a walk. 6. Support your kids in sports, clubs or any other activities that may interest them. Joining a weekend club sport ensures commitment to a team and regular exercise. 7. Find time every weekend to do something active with your children. Play frisbee or football in the park, go trampolining, or try indoor rock climbing. 8. Fly a kite. The Kite Society of Great Britain can point you to a number of groups that regularly meet for special flying days with experienced members who offer advice and assistance. Some also run kite-making workshops. 9. Try a beach holiday. When they hit the sand, children find a multitude of ways to exercise, including games, swimming, and plenty of running around. Or try an activity-based holiday. 10. The National Parks website has lists of events such as guided walks and children's fun days for fresh ideas for active days out. There’s loads of good ideas and other tips and advice available on the Active Leeds website and you can find out more and view the current timetables of available activities www.leedsletsgetactive.co.uk
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LEEDS LET’S GET ACTIVE Leeds Let’s Get Active encourages people who do not do any physical activity to do at least 30 minutes per week. It provides free access to leisure centre and community sports and activities, and has included free use of all Council leisure centres during selected activity sessions. Unfortunately the funding for this is coming to an end, but the Council is redesigning the programme. Whilst maintaining some level of subsidy, there will now be a cost for some sessions. Effective from the 1st January 2017, users will be asked to pay £2 per session or £10 per month to the selected gym, swim and court sessions
LANGUISH IN YOUR CHILDHOOD DREAMS “Boyhood Dreams” and “Country Justice” were two of the fascinating titles of presentations that were delivered at the latest meeting of the Wharfedale Speakers Club in Otley, presided over by Michelle Pride. Main participants, Peter Jensen and Simon Thompson, covered contrasting assignments from
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that are currently free of charge under LLGA. Targeted community sessions will still be free of charge for those who are least active. Although it is disappointing that many sessions will no longer be free of charge, it is positive news that they will remain affordable. I am delighted that Aireborough Leisure Centre is getting £1.2 million funding for refurbishment. The 50-yearold centre will be brought up to date with improvements to cubicle, shower and toilet facilities in the swimming changing rooms and the pool hall and a facelift for the reception and front of the building. It will also become a new community hub. Guiseley Library will be moved to the Leisure Centre as part of the scheme and
the members’ guide –“the masterpiece” and “mean what you say”- demonstrating their acquired abilities to the listeners. Peter’s covered much of his footballing career whilst Simon made a plea for long- term wildlife preservation in the Wharfedale area. The club members and newcomers meet fortnightly in The Manor Room at the Bridge Church on Bridge Street and everyone is welcome to attend from 7-45pm on the first and third Wednesday of each month
this will offer a number of other benefits not least an increase in opening hours for the library and a café that will provide a service to those visiting the library and leisure facilities alike. It is good to see these improvements taking place at a key local facility and I am pleased that the scheme gained approval, but I would also like to see further improvements to the facility on the ‘dry’ side to include improvements to the gym facilities for example. Finally, by the time you read this the festive season will be upon us, so I would like to take this opportunity to wish all readers of Suburban a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Councillor Paul Wadsworth Guiseley and Rawdon Ward
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