Archive for October, 2010

Please take note of the following changes to the volunteer task list for November. We apologise for any inconvenience.

November

Thursday 4th – Pound Green - This task has been postponed to Wednesday 17th so there will be no task on this date.

Wednesday 17th – Tom Shell Coppice – The task at this location will be postponed to a later date and has been replaced by a task at Pound Green Common. Please see the main list posted below for further information.

This is an updated task list to take account of a change to the task on the 27th October which was due to take place at King George V Playing Fields. This task date will now take place at Elbury Mount Local Nature Reserve. Please see below for more details.

Please contact James Birbeck (Senior Warden) on 07968477817  if you wish to join the Trust on any of these tasks. Please bring appropriate footwear, warm/waterproof clothing and a packed lunch. Drinks and biscuits will be provided.  All tools and other equipment are supplied by the Trust.

October

Wednesday 27th – Scrub clearance for Worcester City Council Wildlife Rangers at Elbury Mount Local Nature Reserve, off Tolladine Road, Worcester (SO 868 558).

November

Wednesday 3rd – We will be working with volunteers from the Kidderminster Viaduct Woodland Project to clear out an old mill pond located beneath the Hoobrook Viaduct and have a general tidy -up of the site which they have worked to make accessible to the public. The site is located near Homebase in Hoobrook  (SO 836 747).

Thursday 4th -  We will be working with Godfrey Jones at Pound Green Common SSSI (SO 754 789) to help manage this heathland site in the heart of the Wyre Forest.

Wednesday 10th – We will be working with Worcester City Council Wildlife Ranger Team at Warndon Wood, Worcester. The work will involve coppicing an area of Hazel, as part of the coppice rotation, to help manage the woodland in a traditional way to benefit wildlife.

Wednesday 17th – A woodland management task at Tom Shell Coppice (access at SO 761 683), Abberley.

Thursday 18th – We will be working with Worcester City Council Wildlife Ranger Team at Warndon Wood, Worcester. The work will involve coppicing an area of Hazel, as part of the coppice rotation, to help manage the woodland in a traditional way to benefit wildlife.

Wednesday 24th – Preparation of a hedge for laying at Offerton Lane (SO 884 575) which is a traffic free lane running parallel to the Worcester-Birmingham canal.

Please see previous posting ‘Autumn programme…..’ for changes to tasks on the 6th, 13th and 14th of October. Sorry for any inconvenience.