Birds of a feather
PRESS RELEASE
5 February 2010…For Immediate
Release
On Wednesday 17 February Warwickshire
Wildlife Trust invites you to join in with the first of two bird
surveying workshops, based at Brandon Marsh Nature Centre.
On Saturday 20 February and Sunday 21
February you are further invited to join in with one of our weekend
work parties on various nature reserves around the county.
On
Wednesday 17 February at 2.00 pm [Half day]
Bird surveying
workshop [Session 1]
This workshop is aimed at the
non-professional who is interested in helping us to survey bird
populations for local projects in Warwickshire and wants to learn
more about the ecology and behaviour of birds. The workshop
includes both indoor and outdoor sessions to help you to improve
your recording techniques using BTO survey methods.
Please note that this is not an
identification workshop as existing knowledge of bird
identification is required.
Location: Brandon Marsh Nature Centre,
Brandon Lane Coventry. Grid reference SP 386761. Meet in the
barn
BOOKING ESSENTIAL as places are
limited.
Contact: 024 7630 2912
Cost: £5.00 per person, which will
contribute towards monitoring equipment.
PLACES ARE CONFIRMED UPON RECEIPT
OF PAYMENT IN ADVANCE
Weekend
workparties
On Saturday 20 February at 10.00
am
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 on Ragley Mill Lane at grid reference SP 088580.
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 21 February at 9.00
am
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.
On Sunday 21 February at 10.00
am
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 SP101744.
Join volunteer
warden Jon Holmes for a woodland workparty 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 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 SP 052637.
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 SP 384726.
Join volunteer
warden David Morphew at Ufton Fields SSSI and LNR,
Ufton, to assist in the management of this lovely mixed-habitat
reserve. Meet in the car park off Ufton Fields Lane, Ufton at grid
reference SP378615. Bring a packed lunch.
COST: These events are free and
full training will be given.
For ALL the events listed,
please bring appropriate weatherproof clothing and strong
footwear.
Caroline Bailey, Reserves Biodiversity
Officer says, "The long, hard winter has taken its toll on all of
us in various ways, and things have been very tough from time to
time. We might imagine that our wildlife adapts to the extremes of
the weather much more readily than we do, but for birds this bitter
weather is life-threatening. The snow blankets their food and the
freezing temperatures mean that the water they so vitally need is
desperately hard to find. The prospect of a dip in icy water may
seem an appalling one, but birds need to bathe to keep their
feathers in top condition to insulate them when the mercury
plunges. Join our workshop and find out more about the ecology of
birds, and how you can best help them."
For further information, please contact
Caroline Bailey on 024 7630 8993
ENDS
Press contact: Caroline Bailey on 024 7630
8993
Notes to Editor
Warwickshire Wildlife Trust is the leading
local charity for wildlife and the environment. The Trust
currently cares for over 55 nature reserves throughout
Warwickshire, Coventry and Solihull, and has a wide range of
conservation activities taking place throughout the year. For
further details or to get a copy of our leaflet "Wild Events and
Activities" please contact the Trust on 024 7630 8999, drop into
the Trust's Visitor Centres at Brandon Marsh Nature Centre and
Parkridge Centre in Brueton Park, Solihull, pick up a leaflet in
your local library or visit our website on
www.warwickshire-wildlife-trust.org.uk