SEASONAL WORK PARTIES

On Saturday 29^th December and Sunday 30^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 29^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 30^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 30^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 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. Meet at the railway bridge on Common Lane, at grid reference SP299732.

Join volunteer warden Phil Parr at Newbold Quarry, Rugby, to work in the nature reserve associated with this large disused quarry pool. Meet in the car park on Newbold Road, grid reference SP 497770.

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 Volunteering Officer at Warwickshire Wildlife Trust says, “Feeling a bit jaded after all the hustle and bustle of Christmas? A complete change of scene and occupation is a first-class remedy for the mid-winter doldrums, so why not take part in one of our work parties and let the intense blue of a winter sky or the stirring beauty of a robin’s song refresh you for the week ahead.”

ENDS

Press contact:               Bernie Higgins on 024 7630 8993

  Last updated 28 October, 2008