National Reserves Day
More than 30 volunteer reserve wardens
gathered on 12 June 2010 for the Warwickshire Wildlife Trust's
annual reserves day to discuss and learn about a wild range of
wildlife issues. The meeting was held at Ufton Village Hall and
participants heard presentations from Stephen Trotter on current
activities and issues in the Trust - and Mike Slater on the very
promising project to conserve and enhance populations of the rare
Small Blue butterfly in Warwickshire. After lunch participants
visited the flower rich meadows on the nearby Ufton Fields reserve
to see some inspiring conservation work with Brian Laney, the
Trust's local reserve warden where rare orchids have been saved
from the brink of extinction in the county.
Stephen Trotter, Chief Executive of the
Trust said: "it was great to meet so many of the Trust's Voluntary
Reserve Wardens at Ufton and I was really pleased to thank them for
their superb work on our Reserves. Warwickshire has some splendid
wildlife sites and the Trust is lucky to look after some of the
best of these places; but without the collective enthusiasm and
hard work of the team of volunteers, it would be impossible to keep
them in such tip top condition. As a Charity, we're really grateful
for the major contribution that our Reserve Wardens make to
the vital task of creating a living landscape in Warwickshire - we
simply couldn't do it without them."