Events

North East Wales Wildlife holds a full programme of events throughout the year, wildlife talks and wildlife walks, organized on a seasonal basis.

 

Non-members, friends and relatives are always welcome.

2010 Events

Wildlife Walks

These family walks are between 4 and 6 miles in length and generally take 4 hours to complete, which includes a break for lunch. They take place normally on the 4th Sunday in each month, commencing at 10:00am. For information contact the Chairman or the specified walk leader.

Walkers are asked, where possible, to car share to make car parking easier

NEWWildlife Walks Calendar 2010-2011

Date

Leader

Walk

2010

 

 

July 25th

Barbara, Beverley, Lana

Mostyn Hall (tbc)

August 22nd

 

Eric & Carol

Lixwm. Park opposite the Crown pub

September 26th

 

Barbara C and Christine

Llaneliden nr Ruthin. Meet in the village

October 24th

 

Russell

Sychdyn. Meet in Memorial Hall Car park

November 28th

 

 

Anne, Barbara & Jean

Thurstaston Hill & Irby

Meet in public car park at Thurstaston Common Nature Reserve,just north of the Cottage Loaf on the A540 GR 247846

2011

 

 

January 2nd

 

 

Jon and Beverley

Gwysany. Meet Bottom of Black Brook GR228653 (share cars) meet back at Buckley for mulled wine

January 23rd

 

Betty

Around Hawarden. Meet Tinkersdale Car park GR315656

February 27th

Bob

Greenfield Valley,River Dee. Meet at car park on A548 by Basingwerk Abbey GR 197775

March 27th

Anne, Barbara & Jean

Manley Common

Meet along the lane known as The Ridgeway, opposite the track to Snidley Moor and adjacent to Ridgeway Wood. GR 508748

April 24th

Arthur and Mike

Malpas. Meet at car park by Post Office GR 488473

 

Community and Reserve Events 2010

For information about any of these events contact the Community Wildlife Education Officer, Cathryn Lucas, on 01352 742115 or email cweo@newwildlife.org.uk.

Please wear warm clothing, gloves and wellies and bring a packed lunch for over-lunch activities.

Download the Events List

Day

Date

and time

Location

Event

Leader

To bring

Cost

Wednesday

21st July

1pm – 4pm

Rhydymwyn

Butterfly Walk: as part of our invertebrate week NEWWidlife are holding a butterfly walk around the reserve

Cat Lucas

Boots, warm clothing

Free

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Friday

23rd July

afternoon

Rhydymwyn

Centipede and Millipede Workshop: an insight into these types of invertebrate and their identity, the workshop will also cover woodlice.

Cat Lucas

 

Free

 

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Saturday

24th July

10am – 2pm

Rhydymwyn

Invertebrate Family Day: Come along and learn about invertebrates a have a go at various activities. With a spider walk in the morning and a bee talk in the afternoon there will be lots to get involved with.

Cat Lucas

 

Free

Wednesday

28th July

11am – 1pm

Trefnant

Nature Fun Morning: join NEWWildlife for a fun morning and games, from planting seeds to mini beast hunting!

Cat Lucas

Wellies, Coat, Sun Cream

Free

Children must be supervised by an adult

Monday

2nd August

10am

Johnstown Newt Sites SAC

Amphibian Larval Counts: Meet at 10am at Hafod Country Park car park.

Remani Jones

Waterproofs, wellies and lunch

Free

 

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Wednesday

4th August

10am

Johnstown Newt Sites SAC

Pond Creation: Help NEWWildlife create a new pond to benefit wildlife adjacent to the Special Area of Conservation. Meet at 10am at Cwm Glas entrance to Stryt Las Park

Remani Jones

Wellies or boots and lunch

Free

 

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Wednesday

11th August

11am – 2pm

Knowle Hill, Buckley

Celebrating Nature Day: a day being held at the nature reserve for everyone to come along and learn about nature and make the most of their local nature reserve!

Mandy Cartwright

 

Free

Monday

16th August

7pm – 8.30pm

St Asaph Library

Nature Talk: Join us at the library for a factual talk about the wildlife in the St Asaph area and Glascoed Nature Reserve.

 

Cat Lucas

 

Free

 

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Wednesday

18th August

10am – 4pm

Rhydymwyn

Learn to lead a wildlife walk: a day open to our volunteers, who can come along and learn how we lead wildlife walks for groups.

Cat Lucas / Kylie Jones Mattock

Wellies or boots and lunch

Free

 

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Friday

20th August

10am – 4pm

Bryn Methodist Church Alltami – Maes Y Grug Nature Reserve

Photography Workshop: the workshop will be lead by local expert Michael Kinsey and will involve visiting Maes Y Grug Nature Reserve to test out what has been learnt during the indoor session.

Cat Lucas

Waterproofs, wellies, lunch and camera

£5.00 per person

 

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Thursday

26th August

10am – 4pm

Rhydymwyn

Tree ID Course: A factual day of workshops and walks learning about local native trees and how to identify them.

Cat Lucas

Boots, warm clothing and lunch

£5.00 per person

 

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Friday

27th August

9am – 12noon

Rhydymwyn

Reptile Ramble: With county recorder Mick Brummage, enjoy a ramble around the nature reserve to see what reptiles can be found and how to identify them.

Cat Lucas

Waterproofs, wellies or boots

Free

 

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Saturday

4th September

10am – 4pm

Rhydymwyn

Ponds for wildlife course: come along and learn how ponds benefit the wildlife and in particular certain plants and creatures.

Cat Lucas / Kylie Jones Mattock

Wellies or boots and lunch

£5.00 per person

 

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Thursday

23rd September

6pm – 9pm

Glascoed

Dusk Wildlife Watch: enjoy a guided walk around the reserve, full of wildlife, we will also be setting up the bird hide to see what wildlife we can spot!

Cat Lucas

Wellies or boots, waterproofs

Free

 

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Saturday

9th October

10am – 4pm

Rhydymwyn

Fungi Course: learn about fungi in the area, how to identify and where to find it. The course will provide an in depth look into fungi. With a great opportunity to practice at the Fungi Foray the following week.

Cat Lucas

Wellies or boots and lunch

£5.00 per person

 

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

Saturday

TBC

16th October

TBC

Rhydymwyn

Autumn Celebration Day: in the morning will be a Fungi Foray, which has proven to be a great day for all the family. In the afternoon there will be a Harvest Festival where the site will be open to the public, for them to come along and purchase from local sellers.

Cat Lucas / Kylie Jones Mattock

Wellies or boots

Free

 

BOOKING ESSENTIAL

 

 

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