Red and yellow and pink and green
Lichen Surveying Workshop [Half
Day]
Saturday May 15 at 10.30 am at Brandon
Marsh Nature Centre, Coventry.
Meet in the Barn
This workshop is aimed at the
non-professional who is interested in helping us to survey lichens
for local projects in Warwickshire and who wants to learn about the
ecology of lichens and how to identify them. The workshop will
involve both an indoor session to help you to improve your ID
skills then a visit to a churchyard in Stoneleigh to see the
organisms in their natural environment.
Please bring a hand lens if you have
one.
COST: £5.00 per
person, payable at the time of booking to guarantee your place.
Orchid Odyssey
Sunday 16 May at 2.00pm at Draycote
Meadows SSSI, Rugby
[no dogs allowed except on the
bridleway]
Join local ecologist for this guided walk
around Warwickshire's finest hay meadow and see how many wild
flowers you can identify.
Meet at the entrance at grid reference SP
448708
COST: £2 per
person.
Riverside Ramble
Sunday 16 May at 2.30pm at River Arrow
Reserve, Alcester
Join volunteer warden Steve Godfrey for
this guided walk along the beautiful River Arrow in Alcester and
enjoy this delightful flower-rich grassland. Maybe even spot a
kingfisher.
Please meet in the car park on Ragley Mill
Lane at grid reference SP 088580.
COST: £2 per
person.
Work Parties
Thursday 13, Saturday 15, Sunday 16 and
Monday 17 May
On Thursday 15 May at 9.15 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 Saturday 15 May 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 16 May 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 16 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 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.
On Monday 17 May at 10.00 am
Join volunteer warden Derek Lill for a work
party at Cock Robin Wood, Rugby. Please meet at the Dunchurch Road
entrance at grid reference SP493724.
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, "Red and yellow and pink and green - no, we're not
singing a rainbow, but celebrating a cascade of equally colourful
natural phenomena. Orchids and other spring flowers are natural
candidates but, perhaps surprisingly, so are lichens. There is so
much more to them than festooning weathered stonework to provide a
creepy atmosphere in a horror movie. Come along to our Lichen
Workshop and learn to use the keys to open the secrets of these
unsung ecological and environmental heroes".
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