Date
and times
|
Event
|
Location
|
Contact
for booking/& information
|
Sunday
15th July 2007
|
Large Heath
Butterfly & day flying moths.
|
Wem Moss - meet at
the Horse & Jockey, Northwood 10.30am
|
Rough, wet terrain.
Adders present.
Stephen Lewis Tel:01743 340721
|
Sunday 15th July 2007
|
Silver Studded Blue & discussion
about the restoration of heath land on the site. |
Prees Heath - meet on access track
opposite Steel Heath turning off A49 2pm |
Stephen Lewis 01743 340721
|
Friday 27th
- Sunday 29th July 2007
|
Dragonflies
and Damselflies
|
Preston Montford Field
Centre
|
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Booking required Tel: 0845 330 7378
|
| Saturday 28th July 2007 |
Beginners Basket Weaving Workshop with
Kalvin & Helen Stanley |
Shropshire Wildlife Trust - Abbey
Foregate 10am - 4pm |
£30 per person including lunch. Booking
required.
Tel: 01743 284280
|
Sunday
29th July 2007
|
'Creatures
n the Sculptures Plaques' walk in celebration of
International Bog Day.
|
Whixall Moss - Manor
House NNR Base
1pm-4pm
|
Booking required Caroline
Evans Tel: 01743 282005 or Joan Daniels 07974 784799 (weekends)
|
Wednesday 1st
August 2007
|
Ellesmere Boat
Safari. A trip around the mere on the new steamboat
with a countryside ranger as your guide.
|
The Mere - meet at
the jetty behind the Meres Visitor Centre 7pm
|
Booking essential Tel:
01691 624448 There will be a charge for the event
|
Friday 3rd
- Sunday 5th August 2007
|
Aquatic Plants for Beginners with
Ruth Dawes.
|
Preston Montford Field Centre
|
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Booking required.
Tel: 0845 330 7378
|
Friday
3rd - Friday 10th August 2007
|
Mosses and
Liverworts with Martha Newton.
|
Preston Montford Field
Centre
|
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Booking required.
Tel: 0845 330 7378
|
Saturday
4th August 2007
|
Dragonflies
and Butterflies - a guided walk.
|
Meet at Ridley Moss
visitor centre 10:30am-12:30pm
|
Tony Parker, Halton & Warrington
Local Group Event Tel: 0151 478 4363
|
Sunday
5th August 2007
|
Small Mammal
Trapping
|
Deer ParK Mere - meet
by the mere 9.30am-11:00am
|
Tony Parker, Mammals
Society Tel: 0151 478 4363
|
| Sunday 5th August
2007 |
M & M
Launch Family Festival -Interactive activities, music
and exhibitors.
|
Cholmondeley Estate 11:30am-5pm |
Cheshire Wildlife Trust
Tel: 01948 820728 |
Monday 6th -
Friday 10th August 2007
|
Moths and Late
Summer Butterflies
with David Brown.
|
Preston Montford Field
Centre
|
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Booking required.
Tel: 0845 330 7378
|
Tuesday
7th August 2007
|
Guided walk
by botanist Fiona Gomersall.
|
Brown Heath Moss -
meet at Loppington Village Hall 2pm-4pm
|
Shropshire Wildlife
Trust Tel: 01743 284297
|
Wednesday
8th August 2007
|
What lurks
beneath the water?
Family pond dip.
|
The Mere at Ellesmere
- meet at Cremorne Gardens (next to the play area) at 2pm
|
£1 per person.
Book essential. Garath Egarr Tel: 01691 624448
|
Wednesday
8th August 2007
|
'Bog Creatures Biodiversity
Workshop' for children with Peter Bolardman and Ian
Cheeseborough.
|
Whixall Moss - Manor House 9.30am-4pm
|
£2.50 per child.
Booking required: Caroiline Evans 01743 282005 or Joan Daniels
07974 784799
|
Wedsday 8th
August 2007
|
Ellesmere Boat
Safari. A trip around the mere on the new steamboat
with a countryside ranger as your guide.
|
The Mere - meet at
the jetty behind the Meres Visitor Centre 3pm
|
Booking essential Tel:
01691 624448 There will be a charge for the event
|
Thursday 9th
August 2007
|
Moth Walk with
Shane Farrell.
|
Bickley Hall Farm -
start 8pm
|
Cheshire Wildlife Trust
Tel: 01948 820728
|
Friday
10th August 2007
|
After the Ice
Age with Colin Hayes.
|
Chapel Mere, Cholmondeley
- meet at Castle Farm 6.30pm start
|
Cheshire Wildlife Trust
Tel: 01948 820728
|
Friday
10th - Sunday 12th August 2007
|
Plants and
Bogs, Heaths and Mires with Ruth Dawes
|
Preston Montford Field
Centre
|
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Booking required.
Tel: 0845 330 7378
|
Saturday 11th
August 2007
|
'Bumblebees'.
|
Bickley Hall Farm
10:30am-12:30pm
|
Tony Parker, Liverpool
Museum Tel: 0151 478 4363
|
Sunday
12th August 2007
|
'Bugs of the
Bog'
a family bog hunt with Peter Boardman.
|
Whixall Moss - meet
at Morris's Bridge Whixall Moss NNR car park 2pm-4pm
|
Booking required Shropshire
Wildlife Trust
Tel: 01743 284297
|
Sunday 12th
August 2007
|
Butterflies
and Dragonflies - a guided walk with Stuart Burnett.
|
Chapel Mere (and ponds),
Cholmondeley 11am-1pm
|
Cheshire Wildlife Trust
Tel: 01948 820728 |
Tuesday 14th
August 2007
|
The Story of
Fordhall Farm
and the variety of edible plants that hide in the wealth of vegetation
(guided walks)
|
CANCELLED due foot and mouth precautions
|
Booking required Contact
Sophie Tel:01630 638696 or project@fordhallfarm.com
|
Tuesday
14th August 2007
|
Bat Walk
|
Hatch Mere - meet at lay-by in
Hatch Mere village (SJ552719). 8.30pm-10.30pm
|
Tony Parker, Mammals
Society
Tel: 0151 478 4363
|
Wednesday 15th
August 2007
|
Ellesmere Boat
Safari. A trip around the mere on the new steamboat
with a countryside ranger as your guide.
|
The Mere - meet at
the jetty behind the Meres Visitor Centre 7pm
|
Booking essential Tel:
01691 624448 There will be a charge for the event
|
Friday
17th August
2007
|
Caterpillar craft workshop -come
along and help to create the Meres and Mosses Caterpillar. |
SWT, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury.
11am - 3pm. Drop in any time. All welcome.
|
Shropshire Wildlife Trust
Tel: 01743 284280 |
Friday
17th August 2007
|
A guided farm
walk with Jacki Hulse.
|
Bickley Hall Farm and
Bar Mere 10am-1pm
|
Cheshire Wildlife Trust
Tel: 01948 820728
|
Saturday
18th August 2007
|
Bogs and Bugs
-
a family exploration of a floating peat bog and the bugs that live there.
|
Chartley Moss NNR,
Staffordshire, 2pm-4:30pm
|
Booking required, Caroline
Evans Tel: 01743 282005
|
Saturday
18th -Sunday 19th August 2007
|
Conservation
work party weekend
|
Wood Lane Nature Reserve,
Ellesmere 10am-4pm
|
Bring tools for cutting
and clearing if you have them. Shropshire Wildlife Trust
Tel: 01743 284297
|
Saturday 18th
August 2007
|
What lurks
beneath the water? Family pond dip.
|
The Mere at Ellesmere
- meet at Cremorne Gardens (Next to play area) at 2pm
|
£1 per person.
Booking essential. Gareth Eggar Tel: 01691 624448
|
Saturday
18th August 2007
|
Dragonfly survey
|
Crosemere
2pm-4pm
|
Sara Bellis
Tel: 01743 284284
|
Tuesday 21st
August 2007
|
The Story of
Fordhall Farm and the different herbs that have hidden
healing powers (guided walks).
|
CANCELLED due foot and mouth precautions
|
Booking required Contact
Sophie Tel:01630 638696 or project@fordhallfarm.com
|
Wednesday 22nd
August 2007
|
What lurks
beneath the water? Family pond dip.
|
The Mere at Ellesmere
- meet at Cremorne Gardens (Next to play area) at 2pm
|
£1 per person.
Booking essential. Gareth Eggar Tel: 01691 624448
|
Wednesday 22nd
August 2007
|
Ellesmere Boat Safari. A
trip around the mere on the new steamboat with a countryside ranger
as your guide. |
The Mere - meet at the jetty behind
the Meres Visitor Centre 3pm |
Booking essential Tel: 01691 624448
There will be a charge for the event |
Thursday
23rd August 2007
|
Introduction to outdoor
digital photography workshop with Mark Sissons.
|
Colemere - meet at Colemere Church
10am-4pm |
Booking required
Discounted Rates
Click
HERE for full details |
Friday
24th August 2007
|
Gowy Meadows and Conservation
Grazing a guided walk with Jackie Hulse.
|
Gowy Meadows, near Chester O.S.
Grid Ref:SJ435740. Meet at church opposite reserve gate. 10am-1pm
|
Cheshire Wildlife
Trust
Tel: 01948 820728
|
Saturday
25th August
2007 |
Water Vole walk with Viv Geen |
Prees Branch Canal. Meet at Waterloo
Bridge SJ497331 4pm-6pm |
Booking essential.
Tel: 01743 284289 |
Saturday
25th August 2007
|
Caroline Gregson -
Willow weaving craft workshop
|
Cholmondeley - Deer
Park Mere 11am-4pm
|
Cheshire Wildlife Trust
Tel: 01948 820728
|
Sunday
26th August 2007
|
'Woodcarving
Prehistoric Pines on the Mosses' with David Gerty
of the British Woodcarvers.
|
Whixall Moss - Manor
House
NNR Base
11am-3.30pm
|
Booking required Caroline
Evans Tel: 01743 282005 or Joan Daniels 07974 784799 (weekends)
|
Monday 27th
August 2007
|
Pond Dipping
Party with James Grundy.
|
Deer Park Mere
11:30am-3:30pm
|
Cheshire Wildlife Trust
Tel: 01948 820728
|
Wednesday
29th August 2007
|
Conservation work party
- scrub clearance.
|
Wem Moss
9am-5pm
|
Booking required.
John Powell, Shropshire Wildlife Trust Tel: 01743 284292
|
| Wednesday 29th August 2007 |
Ellesmere Boat Safari. A
trip around the mere on the new steamboat with a countryside ranger
as your guide. |
The Mere - meet at the jetty behind
the Meres Visitor Centre 7pm |
Booking essential Tel: 01691 624448
There will be a charge for the event |
| Wednesday 29th August 2007 |
Make your own mini moss or
mere (talk on wildlife gardening by Sue Tatman). |
Bickley Hall Farm, 10am-1pm |
Cheshire Wildlife Trust
Tel: 01948 820728 |
| Thursday 30th August 2007 |
Moss Wood and Bretts Mere -
tree compartments and woodland management - a guided walk by James
Hall |
Moss Wood and Bretts Mere, Cholmondeley
Estate 6.30pm start |
Cheshire Wildlife Trust
Tel: 01948 820728 |
Saturday 1st
September 2007
|
MMM Grand Finale
Wood Lane Nature Reserve
|
Family fun day packed
with activities, live music and exhibitors.
10am-4pm Click HERE for full details
|
Shropshire Wildlife
Trust
Tel: 01743 284297
|
