19 October 2007…………...For Immediate Release

LATE AUTUMN HABITAT MANAGEMENT

On Saturday 3^rd November and Sunday 4^th November 2007 Warwickshire Wildlife Trust invites you to join us at one of our weekend work parties on various nature reserves around the county, or to join in with a session on butterfly habitat management at Ashlawn Cutting, Rugby.

On Saturday 3^rd November 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 4^th November 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.

On Sunday 4th November at 10.00am:

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 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 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 John Wood at Parliament Piece Local Nature Reserve, Kenilworth, for a work party in this wonderfully varied reserve. Meet at the entrance in Upper Spring Lane, grid reference

SP 288729.

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.

Join volunteer warden Phil Parr at Ashlawn Cutting, Rugby for an Introductory Butterfly Habitat Management session.

Please meet in the car park on the Ashlawn Road next to the recycling bins, grid reference SP5167327

COST:              FREE EVENT

For each event, all you need to bring is appropriate weatherproof clothing and strong footwear.

Ian Jelley , Reserves Volunteering Officer at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust says, “Those chillier, darker days herald the onset of winter, and although the countryside may look bare and lifeless, nothing could be further from the truth. Most animals and plants are conserving their energies, so this is an ideal time for you to come and join in with one of our work parties, when we are doing our bit to make sure that those animals and plants have well-managed habitats in which to flourish in the Spring.”

Events are free and full training will be given.

For further information, please contact Ian Jelley on 024 7630 8998

  Last updated 28 October, 2008