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Diary of Events ctd Sunday 24 PARC TASK - NANSMELLYN MARSH Nansmellyn Marsh Nature Reserve 10.30am on site Meet at reserve entrance in Perranporth. Lifts from Five Acres at 10.00am or Truro railway station 10.15am. SW 762543 Reedbed management. Bring wellies (ideally steel toecaps), waterproofs, packed lunch and gardening gloves. Leader: Victoria Scott (01872) 273939 Tuesday 26 FOX CLUB AND WATCH / TRURO CITY COUNCIL DUCK TRAILS Boscawen Park, Truro 2.00pm to 5.00pm Meet at the Duck Pool entrance, opposite Boscawen Park, on Malpas Road. Discover the ducks, waders, gulls and other birds of the Truro River. Our activities at the Duck Pond and along the Riverside Walk will help you to understand their ways of life. Leader: Terry Geater. Contact: Debbie Schorah (01872) 273939 SEPTEMBER Friday 5 A WILD NIGHT Carbeile Holiday Park, Downderry, Torpoint. 7.00pm to 9.00pm (or stay later if you wish) Please call for directions. The bar and other facilities of this touring park will be open to us, but first we will enjoy some wildlife outdoors - bats, moths and other creatures of the night. Leaders: Martin Summers and John Gregory. Contact : Debbie Schorah (01872) 273939 Saturday 6 RESTORMEL BRANCH LOOKING AT SEASHORE WILDLIFE Porthpean Beach near St Austell 12.30pm for picnic lunch and 1.15pm on the beach (weather permitting) Meet at the beach - car park adjoins (paying). SX 032506 Life in rock pools and on the seashore. Bring suitable beachwear and footwear. Leader: Dr J David Guiterman (01208) 872753 Monday 8 WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP SHOWING OF FIELD MEETING SLIDES AND PRINTS Trust HQ, Allet 7.30pm Bring recent slides or prints. Contact: Alan Griffiths (01736) 364839 Sunday 14 WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY GROUP FIELD MEETING Loe Pool, Penrose Estate 10.30am Meet at Degibna car park Contact: Alan Griffiths (01736) 364839 CARADON PARC TASK - TINCOMBE Tincombe Nature Reserve 10.00am to 3.00pm Meet at reserve entrance. From B3271 Callington Road in Saltash, turn down Church Road by the fire station then second right (Castlemead Drive) and first left into Maybrook Drive. Access is across field 300 yards down this road from Tincombe Road. SX 415588 A variety of reserve work. Bring wellies (ideally steel toecaps), waterproofs, packed lunch and gardening gloves. Leaders: David and Gail Cory Contact: David and Gail Cory (01579) 347445 or Victoria Scott (01872) 273939 Saturday 20 FOX CLUB AND WATCH BEACHED WHALE RESCUE Sennen Beach, near Land,s End 4.00pm to 6.00pm Park in the beach car park and look for us half way along the beach. Not a real whale, but one we will build to life size and then ride out to sea as the tide comes in. Then we will warm ourselves up with a beach barbecue. Bring garden spades and your own barbecue food and drink. Leader: Nick Tregenza. Contact: Debbie Schorah (01872) 273939. Sunday 21 PENWITH BRANCH ROCK POOL SEARCH Cape Cornwall 2.00pm for low tide at 3.00pm - finish at about 4.30pm Meet on the beach. SW 351316 Find Cornish sucker fish, crabs, worms, anemones and lots of other creatures and weeds in the rock pools. Bring wellies. A small white or transparent container might be handy, and a hand lens or magnifying glass if you have one. Leader: Nick Tregenza (01736) 711783 Saturday 27 OTTER GROUP OTTER GROUP FIELD MEETING Paradise Park, Hayle 11.00am to 3-4.00pm Meet at Paradise Park, Hayle. SW 556367 An opportunity to see captive Eurasian, American river and Asian short-clawed otters. Also to visit local sites to check for signs of otters. Bring your own lunch, or alternatively refreshments can be purchased at Paradise Park. It would be appreciated if members would contact me a week or so prior to the event to "book in". Contact: David Curtis (01579) 370427 or Paradise Park (01736) 753365 ADVANCE NOTICES OCTOBER Saturday 4 RIGS GROUP ENGINEERING GEOLOGY OF THE PENRYN BYPASS Penryn bypass 2.00pm to 4.00pm Guided walk looking at the cuttings in the granites of the Falmouth distributor road. Leader: Richard Hocking, Cornwall County Council Highways. Contact: Debbie Schorah (01872) 273939 Sunday 5 CARADON BRANCH/CARADON COUNTRYSIDE SERVICE SEARCHING FOR SEAWEEDS Hannafore, West Looe 1.00pm to 3.30pm Meet at the Coastguard Station, Hannafore. SX 256523A look at the wide variety of shapes and colours of seaweeds exposed by these equinoctial tides, and their adaptations to cope with their habitats. Wear stout footwear, preferably wellingtons, and wrap up warmly. Bring a notebook and pencil and any reference book you may have. Leader: Joy Etherington. Contact: The Discovery Centre (01503) 253255 or Joy Etherington (01503) 250597 Saturday 18 FOX CLUB AND WATCH / KERNOW- 'SCOPES MAMMAL OPEN DAY Kernow 'Scopes, Wadebridge 10.00am to 4.00pm Call into the shop today and you will see more than the usual range of telescopes, binoculars and the like, as we will be inviting some of our furry friends to come in and meet the public. Contact: Anita Dunstan (01208) 812883 or Debbie Schorah (01872) 273939. Sunday 19 FOX CLUB AND WATCH MEET A MAMMAL Trust HQ, Allet, near Truro 2.00pm to 4.00pm SW 794486 We'll be asking some of our mammal expert friends to come and show us the creatures they are working to protect. NB This event will take place outdoors. Contact: Debbie Schorah (01872) 273939. NOVEMBER Wednesday 12 RIGS GROUP "RIGS - 6 YEARS ON : ACHIEVEMENTS, PROBLEMS, SOLUTIONS" Camborne School of Mines 2.00pm - 5.00pm Meet at the Camborne School of Mines. The RIGS AGM will include an optional visit to Great Wheal Fortune RIGS and SSSI and to Harvey's Pit geological reserve at St Erth. Contact: Sue Hocking (01872) 273939. Sunday 30 FOX CLUB AND WATCH FUN WITH TREES Tehidy Country Park, Camborne Meet in North Cliff car park on B3301 Hayle to Portreath Road. SW 640437 Trees and woodlands are there to be enjoyed, as well as being vital to our health and our wildlife. We are sure you will enjoy what we have planned for your afternoon in the woods. You must book in advance.Contact: Debbie Schorah (01872) 273939. |