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September 2007…………...For Immediate Release
EARLY
AUTUMN WORK PARTIES
On
Saturday 29th September and
Sunday 30th September 2007
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust invites you to enjoy the late arrival of
summer and join us at one of our weekend work parties on various nature
reserves around the county.
On
Saturday 29th September
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 30th September
at 9.30am:
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.
Sunday 30th
September
at 10.00am:
Join
volunteer warden Phil Parr at Ashlawn
Cutting, Rugby, for this
work party on a disused railway line cut through the Lias clay, which
supports grassland, scrub and pools. Meet in the adjacent car park on the
Ashlawn Road at grid reference SP516732.
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
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.
Join volunteer wardens Howard and Serena Eccles at Kenilworth
Common Local Nature Reserve, an area of wonderfully diverse woodland
for a practical management session. Access is from Common Lane, Forge Road
and Lower Ladyes Hill at grid reference SP296738.
Join volunteer warden Richard Bones at Knowle
Hill Local Nature Reserve, Kenilworth
for a work party to help in the management of this important area of
diverse butterfly habitats. Meet at Greensward Close, grid reference
SP300727
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 work party 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.
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 rich
colours of a wood in its autumn finery are one of nature’s triumphs. By
coming to join in with one of our work parties you will be able to enjoy
being amongst such beauty whilst finding out, at the same time, how the
onset of autumn affects the flora and fauna in the enormous variety of
habitats found in our nature reserves.”
Events
are free and full training will be given.
For
further information, please contact
Bernie Higgins
on 024 7630 8993.
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
on 024 7630 8993
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