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Valentine Love Birds


PRESS RELEASE

29 January 2010…For Immediate Release

Valentine Love Birds

On Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 February 2010 Warwickshire Wildlife Trust invites you to join in with one of their regular weekend work parties.

 

On Saturday 13 February 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 14 February 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 14 February 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.

 

COST: These events are free and full training will be given.

 

For ALL the events listed, please bring appropriate weatherproof clothing and strong footwear.

 

Izumi Segawa, Living Landscapes Officer [Solihull] says, "There are lots of superstitions attached to Valentine's Day and some involve our favourite birds. It was said that if a woman saw a robin flying overhead on Valentine's Day, it meant she would marry a sailor; if she saw a sparrow, she would marry a poor man and be very happy and if she saw a goldfinch, she would marry a rich person. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be any superstitions for the men - sorry lads!! No need to fret, though; if you come and join in with one of our weekend workparties you will almost certainly see those same birds, even if they have no romantic associations - and there's certainly nothing romantic in the way that birds claim their territories and compete for nesting sites. One important aspect of the work done by our workparties is to improve the conditions for nesting birds and their resultant families, so have a heart - come and give a hand."

 

For further information, please contact Izumi Segawa on 024 7630 2912

 

ENDS

 

Press contact: Izumi Segawa on 024 7630 2912

 

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

 

 

 

 

 



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