Bluebell beauty
Bluebell Beauty in Crackley
Woods
Thursday 6 May at 7.00pm at Crackley
Woods
Join volunteer warden Jon Holmes at
Crackley Wood Local Nature Reserve,
Kenilworth and take in this magnificent woodland
spectacle. Find out more about the ecology of this woodland and how
Jon and his team maintain and enhance the site through careful
management. Please meet at the entrance to the wood off Crackley
Lane at grid reference SP289738.
COST: £2 per person.
Water Vole Surveying
Workshop [Full Day]
Friday May 7 at 10.30 am at Brandon Marsh
Nature Centre
This workshop is aimed at the
non-professional who is interested in helping us to survey for
water voles for local projects in Warwickshire and who wants to
learn more about the ecology and behaviour of water voles. The
workshop will involve an outdoor session to teach surveyors how to
find and recognise field signs of water voles, rats and field
voles.
COST: £10 per person,
payable at the time of booking to guarantee your place. Places are
limited, so book early
Light refreshments and a free FSC
identification chart will be provided.
Lunch is not included.
Weekend
Workparties
On Sunday 9 May you are invited to join in
with one of our weekend work parties on various nature reserves
around the county.
On Sunday 9 May 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 SP101743.
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.
COST: These events are free and full
training will be given.
For ALL the events listed, please bring
appropriate weatherproof clothing and strong footwear.
Eddie Asbery, Woodland Project Officer
says, "After the long bitter winter the explosion of spring flowers
and leaves is really welcome, and the bluebell is one of the most
iconic of our British wild flowers - but it is under threat from
hybridization by the Spanish bluebells commonly grown in our
gardens and sometimes dumped in the countryside. To find out how we
maintain our native bluebell sites and how you can distinguish
between the different types, come along to Crackley Woods for a
great evening."
For further information, please contact
Eddie Asbery on 024 7630 8984
ENDS
Press contact: Eddie Asbery on 024 7630
8984
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