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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
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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.
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 |
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 |
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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 |