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Hyde Park Source with Councillor Mary Harland
Winner of Environmental Achievement of the Year, Hyde Park Source currently runs seven different weekly volunteer gardening groups.

Janet Wilcock
Janet Wilcock has won the Unsung Hero of the Year award at the Compassionate City Awards 2024.

Paul Young, Farsley Celtic Deaf FC
The winner in the Community Sports Project of the Year category was Farsley Celtic Deaf FC.

Big birds
Curators of natural sciences Sarah Burhouse (left) and Clare Brown measure the huge wandering albatross preserved at Leeds Discovery Centre.
More than a century old, up-to-date measurements taken this week show the gargantuan seabird to be more than three metres across despite only being a juvenile.

Big birds
Among the remarkable examples getting some delicate care and attention was an impressive, wandering albatross, displayed behind Victorian glass to fully showcase its immense wingspan.
More than a century old, up-to-date measurements taken this week show the gargantuan seabird to be more than three metres across despite only being a juvenile.

Big birds
Curator of natural sciences Sarah Burhouse conserves the towering skeleton of a full grown adult ostrich, the world’s largest bird. Believed to date from around 1841, the skeleton was repositioned for display ten years ago with the help of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society.

Big birds
Curator of natural sciences Sarah Burhouse conserves the towering skeleton of a full grown adult ostrich, the world’s largest bird. Believed to date from around 1841, the skeleton was repositioned for display ten years ago with the help of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society.

Big birds
Curator of natural sciences Sarah Burhouse conserves the towering skeleton of a full grown adult ostrich, the world’s largest bird. Believed to date from around 1841, the skeleton was repositioned for display ten years ago with the help of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society.



Big birds
Curator Sarah Burhouse with a magnificent mounted emperor penguin, believed to have been collected during an Antarctic expedition, which was among the specimens being cared for. The penguin, which has only recently gone back on display at the centre, has been cleaned and checked for any of the pests which can cause damage to taxidermy if left unchecked.

Big birds
Curator Sarah Burhouse with a magnificent mounted emperor penguin, believed to have been collected during an Antarctic expedition, which was among the specimens being cared for. The penguin, which has only recently gone back on display at the centre, has been cleaned and checked for any of the pests which can cause damage to taxidermy if left unchecked.