SUMMER SOLSTICE WORK PARTIES
On Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 June Warwickshire Wildlife Trust invites you to join in with one of our work parties.
On Saturday 21 June at 10.00 am: Join volunteer warden Steve Godfrey for a practical work party helping to manage the River Arrow Local Nature Reserve in Alcester.  Please meet in the car park on Ragley Mill Lane   (SP 088 580)

On Sunday 22 June at 10.00 am: 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 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.

These 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, “The Summer Solstice – the longest day of the year and the first day of summer has had spiritual significance for thousands of years as humans have been amazed by the great power of the sun. The Celts celebrated with bonfires that would add to the sun's energy, Christians placed the feast of St John the Baptist, the oldest feast introduced into both the Greek and Latin liturgies to honour a saint on June 24 and it is also the festival of Li, the Chinese Goddess of light. It’s an incredibly important day in the year for all living things, so why not celebrate the summer solstice with us by joining one of our work parties – even though we shall not be starting at sun-up!!”

ENDS

Press contact:               Bernie Higgins on 024 7630 8993

  Last updated 06 June, 2008