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Newsletter: Feb - May 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: 27th. JANUARY, 2010.
Six new events in the Calendar of Events.



Monday, 8th February:

Farming and Wildlife

Chris Dowse, Manager at Hall Farm, Stainton le Vale, really applies what he preaches.
The Group are planning a visit to the farm later in the year
to see how well wildlife can flourish down on the farm
but come and hear Chris explain how this is done.


Sunday 14th February:

Tetney Blow Wells Guided walk.
This is about 1.5 miles in 1.5 hours. Park and meet by Tetney Parish Church at 2.00pm.
Wellies/boots recommended as parts of the reserve will be wet.
No dogs please.
Free event but donations to the Trust will be gratefully received.
The church will be open to visitors, 3.00-4.15pm, with hot drinks available at 60p for church funds.


Monday 8th March:

Slugs workshop with Chris du Feu.
There will be an A4 sheet given out at the February indoor meeting
in preparation for this evening’s workshop.
If you don’t get one, phone* Jennie Redpath.
Part of this activity is help in survey reporting of the distribution of slugs.

*Please see NOTE at the bottom of this page


Saturday 20th March:

A Wold Newton circular 4-mile walk including some hills.
We shall be looking out for early woodland flowers in particular.
Park considerately in the village and meet by phone box at 1.30pm.
Grid Ref.: TF 243966. Our leader will be Clifford Jukes.


Monday 19 April:

A.G.M.

This begins at 7:00 p.m., to be followed by a coffee break and then
Ian Rees who is the Lincolnshire’s Chalk Streams Project Officer
will be speaking to us about his work safeguarding these within the County.


Saturday 24th April:

A Spring Walk round Bradley & Dixon Woods, Grimsby with Mike Binnion
This is the third year of a popular event.
Let’s hope the weather is as kind as it has been on the previous two occasions.
Meet in the parking area of Bradley Woods at 2 p.m. Grid ref.: TA 245058.


Wednesday 12th May:

A Great Limber Estate Walk
This is at a glorious time of year for both flora and fauna.
Meet at the car park at 6.30 p.m. The leader will be Colin Rushby.
Grid ref.: TA 133086


Saturday 29th May:

Bird Watching
Meet at 8.30 a.m. in the car park Cleethorpes Country Park
in hopes of seeing warblers and other songbirds with Ray Hume.
This again is a popular event that we are repeating with a good teacher.
Grid ref.: TA 306066





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 afternoon, 20th February:

Come to explore Tetney Blow Wells Reserve.
Test your observation skills.
Shall we see the barn owl flying?
£1 per child.

  Saturday afternoon, 13th March:

Swaby and South Thoresby.
Discover the wonders of Swaby Valley and Swaby and Calceby Becks.
£1 per child.


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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