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Newsletter: Spring - Summer 2010

Welcome to the Grimsby & Cleethorpes Area Group of the
Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.

Greetings to all our members!

The aim of this website is to be an easy-to-use addition for our group. With that in mind,
this, the Front Page, has a calendar of events plus a number of links to other pages.
Positioning your cursor on images will reveal a caption.
Clicking on the
underlined green headings should take you straight to that page or a linked website.

If it doesn't, e-mail The Web Mistress and whinge...

Please note that Monday evening indoor meetingsare held at
Grimsby Town Hall, banqueting room at 7.30 p.m. unless otherwise stated.
Non-members are welome.

Entry to indoor meetings is now £2 per person.

Disabled access round the left-hand side of the building. (Help is available from the porter).

If anyone has difficulty getting to meetings, please let one of the committee know,
and we'll try to link you up with someone who can offer a lift.
If you are a car driver with space to spare, please let us know too.


Last updated: 23rd. AUGUST, 2010.
New events added to Wildlife Watch Events.




Saturday, 28th Aug:

Meet at CLEETHORPES DISCOVERY CENTRE at 9 a.m.

for bird watching on the beach after high tide,
hoping to see terns and other migratory species.
Leader : John Nelson.


Sunday, 5th Sept:

Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust Guided Walk around Tetney Blow Wells

This is about 1.5 miles in 1.5 hours. Shall we see any water violets in flower?
Park and meet by Tetney Parish Church at 2.00 p.m.
Wellies/boots recommended if there has been recent rain.
No dogs please.
Free event but donations to the Trust will be gratefully received.
The church will be open to visitors, 3.00 p.m. - 4.15 p.m.,
with light refreshments available for church funds.


Saturday, 11th Sept:

High Tide on the Shoreline.

Meet at the car park at the far end of Humberston Fitties
at 8 a.m. for  events lasting around two hours.

Leader: Ray Hume


Sunday, 19th Sept:

PEOPLES’ PARK WALK ABOUT.

Come with us to discover Grimsby’s newly landscaped heritage park.
There are interesting trees, fine flowerbeds and shrubberies and
an ornamental lake to admire, also the Floral Hall and a cafe to visit.

Time: 2.00 -3.30 p.m. We start at the entrance to the Floral Hall. Walking is on
good footpaths and lawns, with parking on Welholme Road.

Leader: Mark Tyszka


Saturday,9th Oct;

Bird watching down at Cleethorpes after high tide. 

Meet in Cleethorpes Leisure Centre car park at 9 a.m.

Leader: John Nelson.


Monday, 11th Oct:

Our first indoor meeting of the 2010 to 2011 season.

The speaker expected is
weather forecaster Holly Green from R.A.F. Coningsby
and her subject ,WEATHER AND CLOUDS,
with reference to our local area variations.

The venue is Grimsby Town Hall and the time 7.30pm.


Saturday, 16th Oct:

This time our FUNGUS FORAY will be at SNIPE DALES
with Ray Halstead who says we should find
upward of fifty species of fungi in a couple of hours.

There are some steep hills to climb around the park but
most of these are made easier by the installation of steps with handrails.

Meet in the car park (TF330682) at 1 p.m. and bring your cameras.

There is a small car park charge.
See L.W.T. leaflet, Snipe Dales – Country Park & Nature Reserve for further details.





Wildlife Watch

This is a national club for local children interested in wildlife
and young people who care about the environment.

It is also the junior section of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust.
The registered leader for the group is Clifford Jukes,
who will be organizing monthly events.

For Wildlife Watch events, booking is required

N.B. The Webmistress takes NO responsibility for the new logo, other than reducing the size from Cinemascope to computer monitor.

Next Events

Saturday afterenoon, 4th September:

Moor Farm, near Woodhall Spa ~ a Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust heathland reserve ~
with Brian Redman, Reserve Manager,
looking at special plants, insects and possibly reptiles.
Wellies or boots recommended.
Please ask for directions when booking.


Saturday afternoon, 4th September:

Moor Farm, near Woodhall Spa

A wonderful Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust reserve,
looking at special plants, insects and possibly reptiles
with Brian Redman, Reserve Manager.
Grid Ref TF 226635.


Saturday. 9th Oct, 11.30am-1.30pm;

Cleethorpes Beach.

Barry Whitehead will help us look for life in the mud and the sea
where he will demonstrate his large pushnet and let us examine his catch.
Wellies and warm clothing essential

Saturday 13th November, morning;

Hubbards Hills, Louth.

Explore a private wood with the owner, Richard Marsh and your group leaders.
Then move on to the public park to see the waterfowl and
take part in activities such as a scavenger hunt / nature trail etc.

Meet in the car park by the cafe.


Saturday 11th December, morning;

Donna Nook.

Meet in the Stonebridge car park, by the concrete bunker,
2 miles north of North Somercotes Grid Ref TF 422998.
If this car park is full, there should be an overflow parking field nearby.



For further details see the Trust's Countryside & Wildlife Events leaflet or
send an e-mail to: cliffordjukes at hotmail dot com
More to follow later from Mr. Jukes.



Parents welcome.

No unaccompanied adults please.
This is due to child welfare and protection requirements.




To contact officials, see The Committee page

Re: contact 'phone numbers, please see NOTE at the bottom of this page. Thank you.


Lifts: If you are able to offer a lift to anyone to any of these events
- or if you would like a lift yourself -
please contact our chairwoman, Jennie Redpath


Reserve Work Parties

If anyone is interested in volunteering to work at
Tetney Blow Wells with Clifford Jukes, please ring him.

Contact Mark Tyszka, warden, for Eastfield Road reserve.
E-mail Mark at: mark.tyszka@tiscali.co.uk





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NOTE:Although telephone numbers of committe members are included in the hard copy of our Newsletter, I am not including them on this website. It is an open site and I don't want anyone to be subjected to nuisance calls from some of the more dubious web-surfers who might chance upon the site.


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