16 November 2007…………...For Immediate Release

WINTER WORK PARTIES

On Saturday 1^st December and Sunday 2^nd December 2007 Warwickshire Wildlife Trust invites you to join in with one of our weekend work parties on various nature reserves around the county.
On Saturday 1^st December 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 2^nd December 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 2^nd December 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 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 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 woodland management 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.

Events are free and full training will be given.

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 few frosts we have had, as well as some foggy nights merging into murky days, are a sure sign that winter is only just around the corner. Perhaps you have a garden which is now snoozing until spring, but you would like to get out and continue the same sort of work? Our weekly winter workparties are a vital part of our programme of maintenance in our nature reserves, so why not bring along your gardening skills and give us a hand – we’ll be glad to see you.”

ENDS

Press contact:              Bernie Higgins on 024 7630 8993

  Last updated 28 October, 2008