22 February 2008…………...For Immediate Release

EARLY SPRING WORK PARTIES

On Saturday 8^th March and Sunday 9th 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 8^th 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 9^th 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.

Eddie Asbery , Woodland Project Officer at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust says, “Scrub clearance, coppicing and other maintenance tasks are vital to the well-being of our reserves, but it’s getting to the time of year when we have to scale down that type of work, owing to the nesting birds and wild flowers beginning to shoot. It’s going to be all hands to the pump to complete all our winter projects in time – which is where you come in. By joining in with one of our work parties you will be making a really valuable contribution to the continued health of our reserves. We’ll be glad to see you.”

ENDS

Press contact:               Eddie Asbery on 024 7630 8984

  Last updated 26 February, 2008