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October 2008…………...For Immediate Release
AUTUMN’S
HERE – IT’S OFFICIAL
On Saturday 18 October and Sunday 19 October 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 18 October 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.
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 19 October at 9.30 am
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 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.
On Sunday 19 October at 10.00 am
: 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 this introductory conservation event on
the traditional art of 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 Voluntary 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 work party in the largest wood in Warwickshire.
Contact
Mike to confirm meeting place. [01788 335881]
Join volunteer
warden John Clarke to assist in the management of
Temple
Balsall
, Balsall Common, a reserve which is mainly swamp, willow carr
and damp woodland which hosts a wide variety of species of flora and fauna.
Meet near the entrance to Springfield House, off the
Kenilworth
to
Knowle Road
[B4101]. GR SP203760.
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.
Lee
Schofield, Assistant Reserves Officer at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust says,
“With
the Autumn Equinox now behind us, any notion that the summer weather might
improve is dead in the water – and there’s been plenty of that
recently!! The knock-on effect in our nature reserves is that plant growth
has been rampant, so keeping it in check will give us a busy autumn and
winter – which is where you come in. By joining in with one of our
work-parties you will be playing an important part in making sure that the
nature reserves are in tip-top condition for the residents. Can we count you
in?”
For
further information, please contact Lee Schofield on 024 7630 8998.
Press
contact:
Lee
Schofield on 024 7630 8998
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