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PRESS RELEASE……………..PRESS RELEASE

2 November 2007…………...For Immediate Release

WOODLAND MANAGEMENT & WORK PARTIES

On Saturday 17th November and Sunday 18th November 2007 Warwickshire Wildlife Trust invites you to join in with one of our weekend work parties on various nature reserves around the county, or to participate in an introductory woodland management session in Ryton Wood.

On Saturday 17th 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.

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 of Ragley Mill Lane  (SP 088 580)

On Sunday 18th 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 18th 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 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 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]. Grid Reference SP203760.

On Sunday 18th November at 10.00am:

 Introductory woodland management at Ryton Wood.

Join volunteer warden Mike Slater at Ryton Wood Site of Special Scientific Interest, Ryton-on-Dunsmore for this important conservation session 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.

BOOKING ESSENTIAL: Contact 024 7630 8999

Events are free and full training will be given.

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

Eddie Asbery , Reserves Woodland Project Officer at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust says, “If the term, ‘woodland management,’ makes you think of brawny types wielding axes and having huge bonfires of the results of their chopping, then this introductory woodland management session in Ryton Wood will be a real eye-opener, and an ideal opportunity for you to find out exactly how varied this ancient tradition is, and exactly what it involves – and it’s a practical session, so come and have a go.”

ENDS

Press contact:               Eddie Asbery on 024 7630 8984.


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