North Lancashire Naturalists Group
Summer programme 2012
Working parties (weather permitting): wear warm but old clothing and strong waterproof footwear. Bring a packed lunch if you can stay all day. Contact: Reuben Neville, Heysham NR 01524 855030 or 07979 652138, rneville@lancswt.org.uk Emma Garston, Heysham NR 01524 855030 or 07717366812, egarston@lancswt.org.uk
There are no charges for field meetings but donations would be welcome. Contact leader or Jennifer Newton 221569 if concern over weather.
To minimise car use and to help those without cars please contact secretary Stefan Hobbs if you are able to provide lifts or would appreciate a lift.
Heysham Nature Reserve car park SD407599
March
Sat 10 10am-3pm Upper Lune Estuary Walk, Freeman’s Pool, for birds of high spring tide. Meet at end of Lancaster Quay. Leader: Dan Haywood. For information and to book contact Emma Garston
April
Sun 1 Work party Heysham NR Meet in site car park at SD407599 at 10.00am
Mon 2 Saltmarshes and Mudflats of Wyre estuary 11am to 1 pm. Meet in the River Room of Wyre Estuary Country Park, River Road, Stanah FY5 5LR.
Book through Emma Garston
Sun 22 Yealand Redmayne Pond for newts and other water wildlife. Meet at 10pm with torches and wellies at Yealand Village Hall car park, SD503752. Leader: Linda Renshaw
May
Sun 6 Work party Heysham NR Meet in site car park at SD407599 at 10.00am
Sun 20 Farrers Allotment, Whitbarrow for butterflies and other wildlife Leader: Linda Renshaw. Meet at 10.30am at Ravens Lodge, SD461852, first right turn off A590 after A5074 turn to Winster Valley and Windermere
June
Sat 9 Solitary bee Identification Training at Heysham and Middleton NRs with bee expert Carl Clee. 10am–3 pm. Contact Emma Garston for details and to book a place.
Sun 10 Work party Heysham NR Meet in site car park at SD407599 at 10.00am
National Moth count on brownfield sites, daytime and night with moth light traps if weather suitable. Any time from 3pm to after midnight for light traps. Please email Pete Marsh for final details of arrangements according to weather
Fri 22 Middleton NR car park: SD419590
Sat 23 Trowbarrow Quarry. Enter via Moss Lane, Red Bridge and unlocked gate, parking here at SD477757 or in Storrs Lane or Leighton Moss
Sat 30 Wildlife Photography workshop at Heysham NR with Jason Smalley.
10am -3.30pm.
Book through Emma Garston. Cost: £5
July
Sat 7 Introduction to dragonfly identification at Heysham and Middleton NRs 10am – 2.30pm. Book through Emma Garston.
Sat 14 Work party at Aughton Woods to clear Himalayan Balsam. 10.30am at Crook o’Lune car park SD521648. Contact Reuben Neville. Bring strong footwear and packed lunch
Sun 22 Lords Lot for dragonflies and other wildlife Leader Andrew Cadman
Meet in layby at southern end of plantation, SD551707 at 2pm
August
Fri-Sat 3-4 Bioblitz at Brockholes
See LWT website and www.brockholes.org.uk
Sun 19 Foulshaw Moss for dragonflies and other wildlife. Leader: John Dunbavin. Meet in reserve car park, SD458837, at 10.30am
Sun 26 Conder Green and Lune Estuary: for saltmarsh plants Leader: Martin Sherlock
Meet at Conder Green picnic site SD457562 at
2pm
September
Wed 5 6.30- dusk. Barbecue and Moth night at Heysham NR.
Book through Emma Garston. Cost £2
Sun 16 Work party Heysham NR Meet in site car park at SD407599 at 10.00am
Sat 22 Small mammal event at Heysham NR 8am-noon. Tony Parker from Liverpool Museum will demonstrate live trapping and identification. Book through Emma Garston. Donation towards monitoring work of Liverpool Museum
Tetanus: All conservation volunteers are advised to have regular anti-tetanus injections.
Those taking part in the activities listed on this programme do so entirely at their own risk.
You may be interested in these talks at the Gregson Centre, Moorgate, Lancaster on Sundays at 7pm (not organised by us):
20 May Butterflies to see around Lancaster. Where and how to look and how some change in different years. Laura Sivell.
17 June Great British birds and how they have changed. Where have all the sparrows gone? A question to be answered. Jean Roberts.
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