WINTER RED
PRESS RELEASE
27 November 2009...For Immediate Release
WINTER RED
On Saturday 12 and Sunday 13 December Warwickshire Wildlife Trust
invites you to join in with one of their regular weekend work
parties.
On Saturday 12 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 13 December 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 13 December at 9.30 am
* 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 13 December 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 Steve Smith at
Glasshouse Spinney, Kenilworth in this woodland management work
party. Meet at the entrance off Glasshouse Lane, grid reference
SP304714.
* 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.
Tim Haselden, Wetlands Living Landscape Officer says, "After the
flame colours of the autumn leaves, these early winter days seem
grey and lifeless, but your eyes are deceiving you. The colour that
brightens up the winter landscape is red; the brick-red of a
robin's breast, the wine red of bryony berries draped like
chunky-beaded necklaces over our hedgerows and the vivid, polished
holly berries. And there is so much more to feast your eyes on, so
why not join in with one of the work parties in our reserves and be
part of the kaleidoscope of colour that is our natural world.
"
For further information, please contact Tim Haselden on 024 7630
8995
ENDS
Press contact: Tim Haselden on 024 7630 8995
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