23 November 2007…………...For Immediate Release

WORKING TOWARDS WINTER

On Saturday 8^th December and Sunday 9^th 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 8^th 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 9^th 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 9^th December 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 Steve Smith at Glasshouse Spinney, Kenilworth in this woodland management work party. Meet at the entrance off Glasshouse Lane, grid reference SP304714.

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 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.

Join volunteer warden David Morphew to assist in the management of Ufton Fields SSSI and LNR, Ufton, to assist in the management of this lovely mixed-habitat reserve. Meet in the car park at grid reference SP378615. [Please bring a packed lunch].

Join volunteer warden Jim Jobling in a management session in Wyken Slough, a grassland and wetland reserve which is an important ‘green lung’ for Coventry. Meet in the car park off Alderman’s Green Road [Grid reference SP362835].

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, “Perhaps winter isn’t your favourite season, but not all winter days are dreary and gloomy. A crisp, sunny winter day is a real tonic, and to see trees silhouetted against the blues, pinks and oranges of an evening winter sky is stunning. Join in with one of our work parties and, as well as providing much-appreciated help, you can find out just how beautiful our woodlands are, even at this apparently bleak season.”

ENDS

Press contact:               Eddie Asbery on 024 7630 8984

  Last updated 28 October, 2008