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June 2008…………...For Immediate Release
FLYING
WORKSHOP AND
WOODLAND
WORK PARTY
On
Saturday 5 and Sunday 6 July Warwickshire Wildlife Trust invites you to
join in with our Dragonfly Surveying Workshop or our regular work party.
On
Saturday 5 July at 10.30 am at
Brandon
Marsh Nature Reserve, near
Coventry
DRAGONFLY
SURVEYING WORKSHOP
Warwickshire
Wildlife Trust and the Warwickshire Dragonfly Group would like to invite
you to join them in this one-day workshop aimed at the non-professional
who is interested in helping us to survey dragonflies for local projects
in Warwickshire.
The
workshop will involve both an indoor ID session to hone your ID skills in
the morning, and then an afternoon visit to see the animals in their
natural environment, so make sure you bring along outdoor gear.
Refreshments
will be provided.
COST:
£6.50 per person, which
includes refreshments, and a £5 contribution to Warwickshire Dragonfly
Group.
Places
are confirmed on receipt of payment, but they are limited, so book early
to avoid disappointment
To
reserve your place please contact Peter Reeve on 01926 632400
or
email peter@reeve60.uklinux.net
On
Sunday 6 July at 10.00 am:
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
This
event is 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,
“On
6 July 1919 the newly constructed airship A34 arrived at Mineola Airfield,
Long Island after making the first east-west crossing of the
Atlantic
by air. The flight took a record 108 hours and represented an average
speed of approximately 1km/hour!! Our large dragonflies average a flight
speed of 25 km/hour and are one of the most attractive of flying
creatures. To find out more about them and how you can help to ensure
that, unlike the airship, we shall still be seeing plenty of these
glittering insects in 89 years time, come along to our Workshop – but
book soon. Places on this popular course are limited.”
ENDS
Press
contact:
Bernie Higgins
on 024 7630 8993
Notes
to Editor
Warwickshire
Wildlife Trust is the leading local charity for wildlife and the
environment. The Trust
currently cares for over 55 nature reserves throughout Warwickshire,
Coventry
and
Solihull
, and has a wide range of conservation activities taking place throughout
the year. For further details
or to get a copy of our leaflet “Wild Events and Activities” please
contact the Trust on 024 7630 8999, drop into the Trust’s Visitor
Centres at Brandon Marsh Nature Centre and Parkridge Centre in
Brueton
Park
,
Solihull
, pick up a leaflet in your local library or visit our website on www.warwickshire-wildlife-trust.org.uk
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