PRACTICAL CONSERVATION TASKS AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES 2009-2010 Individual group programmes available on request from SWT |
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Date |
Time |
Who |
Where |
What |
February |
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| Wed 3 | 10.30am | MHCV | Bubwith Acres | Scrub management. Park in the lay-by (for “Totty Pot”) at the top of the Gorge Road at ST486 535 |
| Sun 7 | 10.00am | EMCV | Harridge Woods | Possible roof works to Keepers Cottage bat project. Spades, hammers, woodsaws or more coppicing/thinning, footpath work nearby. |
| Sun 14 | 10.30am | SCV | Dobunni | More planting of native tree saplings,maybe clearing some blackthorn. Meet at this cider farm & fishing lakes. ST 321 453. |
| Wed 17 | 10.30am | MHCV | Lynchcombe | Scrub clearance to help preserve the lynchets. Deer Leap car park ST 520 494 (Priddy to Ebbor Road) |
| Sun 28 | 10.30am | SCV | Berrow Dunes | Planting marram grass; cutting and burning sea-buckthorn. Meet at small car park opposite Sandy Glade Caravan Park on B3140. ST 295 535 |
March |
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| Wed 3 | 10.30am | MHCV | Velvet Bottom | Scrub management. Black Rock Gate (Cheddar Gorge Road) ST 482 545 |
| Sun 7 | 10.00am | EMCV | Harridge Woods | Dormice boxes, install new ones, check old ones/clear out, opposite keeper's cottage. wire cutters, gloves. |
| Sun 14 | 10.30am | SCV | Tadorna | Clearing blackthorn and bramble from this mixed private woodland reserve - burning same in adjoining field if weather allows. This is to be found at the junction of Long Hill and Crib House Lane, Clewer, off B3151. Meet in field at grid ref ST 438 510. Reserve is at ST 437 508. |
| Wed 17 | 10.30am | MHCV | Draycott Sleights | Scrub clearance from areas of flower and butterfly rich grassland. Roadside at reserve entrance ST486 514 |
| Sun 28 | 10.30am | SCV | Catcott | Removing sallow and alder from ditch banks, clearing parts of ditch edges in Catcott North and, in the Heath, cutting the nursery beds. Meet at the top of Higher Ropes Drove. ST 400 414 |
April |
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| Sun 11 | 10.30am | SCV | Catcott Heath | Extend screen to blind on the Heath. Cutting the woodland path and raking the internal ditch. Build bridge linkung South to Taylors (as long as we can get the crossing timbers across the field.) Ragwort pulling if required (may be a little early.) Meet at the top of Higher Ropes Drove. ST 400 414 |
| Sun 25 | 10.30am | SCV | Catcott Heath | Continuing last time's tasks, which are: Extend screen to blind on the Heath. Cutting the woodland path and raking the internal ditch. Build bridge linkung South to Taylors (as long as we can get the crossing timbers across the field.) Ragwort pulling if required (may be a little early.) Meet at the top of Higher Ropes Drove. ST 400 414 |
May |
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| Sun 9 | 10.30am | SCV | Westhay Moor | Clearing bracken from cross track between Daggs Lane and London Drove and removal of fencing around M2. Meet at Daggs Lane main car park. ST 456 437 |
| Sun 23 | 10.30am | SCV | Street Heath Reserve | Cutting/pulling first fronds of bracken. Remove fencing around sedge site. Meet on approach drove beyond Rose Cottage. ST 462 394 |
June |
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| Sun 6 | 10.30am | SCV | Catcott Heath | Coppice along bank of south rhine to clear rhine bank, allowing light onto rhine. Pull any ragwort in Catcott South. Meet at end of Higher Ropes Drove. ST400 414 |
| Sun 20 | 10.30am | SCV | Stoke Camp | Thistle, nettle and ragwort removal. Meet at Draycott Sleights entrance, 600m. up New Road, off A371, between the Old Chapel and the Red Lion. |
July |
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| Sun 4 | 10.30am | SCV | Compton Dundon | Ragwort and bramble removal. Meet in Peak Lane, between the church and Hayes Lane, which is where the site is. ST 481 322 |
| Sun 18 | 10.30pm | SCV | Yarley Fields | Cutting bramble, removing spear thistle rosettes and burning brash. Park and meet at Henton Village hall on B3139 (ST 497 453) Site at ST 496 446. |
SWT Conservation Volunteer Groups
MHCV: Mendip Hills Conservation Volunteers Contact: Chris Billinghurst 01761 221579
Area: Mendip Hills, SWT reserves When: Every other Wednesday
SCV: Sedgemoor Conservation Volunteers Contact: Anne & Norman Lees 01278 641521
Area: Somerset Levels and Moors, independent group When: Every other Sunday
TCV: Taunton Mid-Week Conservation Volunteers
Contact: Margaret Palmer 01823 337570
Area: Taunton Deane and West Somerset When: Alternate Thursdays
WSCV: West Somerset Conservation Volunteers Contact: John Dixon 01643 703654
Area: West Somerset reserves When: Alternate Fridays
PMCV: Peat Moors Conservation Volunteers Contact: Alan Brown 01458 223067
Area: Somerset Levels, SWT reserves When: Thursdays **this group is currently full**
NCV: Neroche Conservation Volunteers Contact: Caroline 01823 680846
Area: Blackdown Hills - www.nerochescheme.org
When: Second Wednesday of each month
EMCV: East Mendips Conservation Volunteers Contact: Mick Ridgard 01373 463875
Area: Shepton Mallet and area, SWT reserves When: 1st Sunday of the month