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May 2007…………...For Immediate Release
MEADOWS, WOODS,
WILLOWS and WORKPARTIES
WALKING
Warwickshire
Wildlife Trust invites you join one or more of the following guided walks
around some of our lovely local Nature Reserves.
BLUEBELLS
THURSDAY MAY 17 at 7.00pm [Please note midweek date
Come to Crackley Woods
and join Jon Holmes, your guide, on this walk to enjoy the bluebells in
all their glory. Find out more about the work done by Jon and his team to
maintain and enhance the site.
Crackley Wood LNR, Kenilworth [SP 289738]
Meet in the main reserve car park off Crackley Lane
Cost £2 per person
ORCHIDS
and other hay meadow flowers
SUNDAY MAY 20 at 2.00pm
PLEASE
NOTE:
We regret that NO DOGS
are allowed EXCEPT on the bridleway.
Local
ecologist, Richard Wright leads this walk through Draycote Meadows, Warwickshire’s finest hay meadow. Join him and
see how many wild flowers you can identify.
Draycote Meadows SSSI Nature Reserve, Rugby [SP 448708]
Meet at the entrance
Cost £2 per person
A
WOODLAND IN SPRING
SUNDAY MAY 20 at 2.30pm
Volunteer Warden, Ron Hill leads this walk around Clowes
Wood. Come and enjoy the peace of this magnificent wood as well as
finding out about its history and ecology.
1km west of Earlswood. Car parking off Wood Lane.
Please
note that the railway line must be crossed by the footbridge.
Entrance
[SP 101743]
Cost £2 per person
WIND
IN THE WILLOWS
SUNDAY MAY 20 at 2.00pm
This riverside ramble along the River
Arrow Local Nature Reserve, led by Steve Godfrey, is an opportunity to
enjoy both the tranquillity of the site and to learn something of the way
in which it is managed.
River Arrow, Alcester [SP 088580]
Meet at the reserve entrance, Ragley Mill Lane
Cost £2 per person
WORKPARTIES
- On
Saturday 19 May at 10.00am:
- Join
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.
Tel:
01926 456215
- On
Sunday 20 May at 10.00am:
- Join
warden Steve Godfrey for a practical riverside management session at
River Arrow Local Nature Reserve, Alcester. Please meet at the
entrance in Ragley Mill Lane at grid reference SP 088580
Tel:
01789 765536
For
all events all you need to bring is appropriate weatherproof clothing and
strong footwear.
Bernie Higgins, Reserves Biodiversity Officer at Warwickshire Wildlife
Trust says,
“Spring
is one of the best times of the year to be outside, whether you are
enjoying the peace and tranquillity of one of our magnificent areas of
woodland or becoming more involved with your local nature reserve by
joining in with one of the work parties. Not
only will you learn more about your local wildlife but the workparties are
a great way to meet like-minded people, as each reserve has a team of
friendly, regular volunteers who always welcome new faces.”
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
ENDS
Press
Contact: Bernie
Higgins
024 7630 8993
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