15 February 2008…………...For Immediate Release

ST DAVID’S DAY WORK PARTIES

On Saturday 1^st March and Sunday 2^nd March 2008 Warwickshire Wildlife Trust invites you to join in with one of our weekend work parties on various nature reserves around the county.

On Saturday 1^st March at 10.00 am:

Join the volunteer team at Snitterfield Bushes Site of Special Scientific Interest, Snitterfield, for a practical woodland work party.  Please meet at the nature reserve car park off the Bearley Road at grid reference SP200603.

On Sunday 2^nd March:

Join the volunteer team at Brandon Marsh Site of Special Scientific Interest, near Coventry and assist in the management of this wetland nature reserve. Please meet at the car park at Brandon Marsh Nature Centre, off Brandon Lane at grid reference SP386761.

Join volunteer warden Ron Hill for a woodland work party at Clowes Wood and New Fallings Coppice Site of Special Scientific Interest. Please meet at the woodland entrance off Wood Lane, Earlswood at grid reference SP101743.

Join volunteer warden Jon Holmes for a practical woodland management session at Crackley Wood Local Nature Reserve, Kenilworth. Please meet at the entrance to the wood off Crackley Lane at grid reference SP289738.

Join volunteer warden Steve Smith at Glasshouse Spinney, Kenilworth in this woodland management work party. Meet at the entrance off Glasshouse Lane, grid reference SP304714.

Join volunteer warden Dave Solliss at Hampton Wood, Barford to work in this beautiful ancient woodland and its associated water meadows alongside the River Avon. Meet at the entrance (grid reference SP254600) on the Sherbourne to Hampton Lucy road.

Join volunteer warden Val Kendrick at Rough Hill Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest, Studley to assist in the management of this wonderful old woodland. Please meet at the car park off The Slough (the A448) at grid reference SP052637.

Join volunteer warden Mike Slater at Ryton Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest, Ryton-on-Dunsmore for a woodland management session in the largest wood in Warwickshire. Please meet at the car park, which can be accessed via an access track off the A423 near the Bull and Butcher pub at grid reference SP384726.

Events are free and full training will be given.  

For each event, all you need to bring is appropriate weatherproof clothing and strong footwear.

Bernie Higgins , Reserves Biodiversity Officer at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust says, “With all the unseasonably warm weather we’ve been having this year, there will be no shortage of daffodils in bloom for St David’s Day on the first of March, but it isn’t only the daffodils which are out early, though. All our reserves are full of plants bursting into bud and new growth and have you noticed that it isn’t just the robins which are singing now – the rest of the birds are joining in and busy collecting nesting materials. Why not come and see the stirrings of Spring first hand by coming along to one of our work parties. New faces are always welcome, and can be sure of a warm welcome from seasoned campaigners.”

ENDS

Press contact:               Bernie Higgins on 024 7630 8993

  Last updated 15 February, 2008