Reptilian Features
ADVANCE NOTICE
Dragonfly Monitoring Workshop [Full
Day]
on Saturday 24 April at 10.30am at Brandon
Marsh Nature Centre
Reptile Surveying Workshop [Full
Day]
on Saturday April 17 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 reptiles
on our nature reserves and who wants to learn more about the
ecology and behaviour of reptiles. The workshop will involve both
an indoor session to improve your ID skills in the morning and then
an afternoon visit to a reptile site to see the animals in their
natural environment.
COST: £10 per person,
payable at the time of booking to guarantee your place.
This fee includes your membership of WART
[Warwickshire Amphibian and Reptile Team], BUT if
you booked on the Amphibian Workshop on March 13, the Reptile one
is FREE.
Light refreshments and a free FSC
identification chart will be provided.
Lunch not included.
Weekend
Workparties
On Saturday 17 and Sunday 18 April you are
invited to join in with one of our weekend work parties on various
nature reserves around the county, such as helping with Path Work
in the Clowes Wood SSSI Nature Reserve.
On Saturday 17 April 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.
On Sunday 18 April at 10.00 am
PATH WORK AT CLOWES
WOOD
Join volunteer warden Ron Hill and lend a
hand in improving the path in Clowes Wood and New Fallings
Coppice Site of Special Scientific Interest so that more
people can come and enjoy this beautiful reserve. Please meet at
the woodland entrance off Wood Lane, Earlswood at grid reference
SP101744.
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.
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, Biodiversity Officer says,
"Reptiles are amazingly reclusive and snakes have a regularly poor
press, but they play key roles in any ecosystem as both prey and
predator. Our reptile monitoring workshop is a wonderful
opportunity to learn more about these fascinating animals and,
therefore, understand them and their needs more clearly. Come and
sign on before all the places are taken."
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