CONSERVATION WORK DAY
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Sunday 14th February
10am to 3pm
(Join us any time
between these hours)
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Shotover Car Park, Headington.
If after 10am, see map on notice board or phone SW mobile (Conservation Days only) on 07881 977481, to find out where we are. |
Preparation for the 2010 phase of the SW Grassland Habitat Project on Horspath Common: tree work in preparation for this year's soil scrape. Join us for as long or as short a time as you like and contribute to the important conservation work that SW is carrying out on Shotover. Wear suitable clothing and bring sufficient supplies of food and drink! No dogs please, thank you.
Adopt-a-Sector Launch Day
In Brasenose Wood. |
Saturday 20th February
10am to 1pm
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Brasenose Farm allotments, off Ring Road opposite Homebase car park. |
The launch of this year's Adaopt-A-Sector: a scheme run by Shotover Wildlife for those who would like to learn skills in botanical surveying, or improve on their existing skills. See the Flora section of 'Activities' for details. Contact Jacqueline Wright if you are interested: jawright@shotover-wildlife.org.uk, 01865 874423.
Other local Brown Hairstreak Egg Hunts
Upper Thames Branch, British Butterfly Conservation Soc. |
7th March
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Marston Meadows |
Join David Redhead in monitoring for Brown hairstreak by looking for the eggs. Bring a hand lens or magnifier. For further details contact David Redhead: 01865 772520, red.admiral@virgin.net. |
CONSERVATION WORK DAY
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Sunday 14th March
10am to 3pm
(Join us any time
between these hours)
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Brasenose Farm allotments, off Ring Road opposite Homebase car park.
If after 10am, see map on notice board or phone SW mobile (Conservation Days only) on 07881 977481, to find out where we are. |
Brasenose Wood. Restoration of a glade for flora and invertebrates. Join us for as long or as short a time as you like and contribute to the important conservation work that SW is carrying out on Shotover. Wear suitable clothing and bring sufficient supplies of food and drink! No dogs please, thank you.
Go Wild in Oxfordshire
Public Event. |
Saturday 20th March
12 noon - 4.30pm
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University of Oxford Natural History Museum. |
Come and enjoy one of the busiest wildlife events around and see the SW stand which will be featuring a range of insect sampling methodologies, and of course the Big Blue Tree.
Adopt-a-Sector Support Day
In Brasenose Wood. |
Saturday 27th March
10am to 1pm
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Brasenose Farm allotments, off Ring Road opposite Homebase car park. |
Support for anyone who would like help with any plant identifications in their sector. Adaopt-A-Sector is a scheme run by Shotover Wildlife for those who would like to learn skills in botanical surveying, or improve on their existing skills. See the Flora section of 'Activities' for details. Contact Jacqueline Wright if you are interested: jawright@shotover-wildlife.org.uk, 01865 874423.
| SW Bat Surveys |
April to September
(Dates coming soon).
(Pre-dusk.)
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Details to follow. |
As part of SW's SW Woodland Ecology Programme, the second series of bat surveys in wooded habitats in the SSSI. To join the Bat Team email Jacqueline Wright: jawright@shotover-wildlife.org.uk.
CONSERVATION WORK DAY
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Sunday 11th April
10am to 3pm
(Join us any time
between these hours)
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Shotover Car Park, Headington.
If after 10am, see map on notice board or phone SW mobile (Conservation Days only) on 07881 977481, to find out where we are. |
Horseshoe Field: acid grassland restoration. Join us for as long or as short a time as you like and contribute to the important conservation work that SW is carrying out on Shotover. Wear suitable clothing and bring sufficient supplies of food and drink! No dogs please, thank you.
Solitary Bees
Invertebrate Identification Workshops
Tutor: Ivan Wright (Shotover Wildlife) |
Sunday 18th April
9:30 am to 3:30 pm
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Hill End Field Studies Centre |
£25. Part of the Invertebrate Identification Workshops which are aimed at enthusiastic, adult beginners and will provide a basic introduction to the identification of the different invertebrate groups. Microscopes will be used where appropriate, but experience in microscope use is NOT ESSENTIAL. Equipment will be supplied but, if possible, please bring a hand lens. Please bring a packed lunch (coffee and tea are provided).
Contact Lawrence Bee for further details and to book a place:
lawrence.bee@oxfordshire.gov.uk, tel: 01865 863510, Hill End Field Study Centre, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford OX2 9NJ.
CONSERVATION WORK DAY
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Sunday 9th May
10am to 3pm
(Join us any time
between these hours)
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Shotover Car Park, Headington.
If after 10am, see map on notice board or phone SW mobile (Conservation Days only) on 07881 977481, to find out where we are. |
Horseshoe Field: acid grassland restoration. Join us for as long or as short a time as you like and contribute to the important conservation work that SW is carrying out on Shotover. Wear suitable clothing and bring sufficient supplies of food and drink! No dogs please, thank you.
Introduction to Flies
Invertebrate Identification Workshops
Tutors: John & Barbara Ismay (Dipterist Forum) |
Sunday 9th & 16th May
(bookings can only be
taken for both dates)
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
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Hill End Field Studies Centre |
£40 (in total for both days). Part of the Invertebrate Identification Workshops which are aimed at enthusiastic, adult beginners and will provide a basic introduction to the identification of the different invertebrate groups. Microscopes will be used where appropriate, but experience in microscope use is NOT ESSENTIAL. Equipment will be supplied but, if possible, please bring a hand lens. Please bring a packed lunch (coffee and tea are provided).
Contact Lawrence Bee for further details and to book a place:
lawrence.bee@oxfordshire.gov.uk, tel: 01865 863510, Hill End Field Study Centre, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford OX2 9NJ.
Adopt-a-Sector Support Day
In Brasenose Wood. |
Saturday 22nd May
10am to 1pm
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Brasenose Farm allotments, off Ring Road opposite Homebase car park. |
Support for anyone who would like help with any plant identifications in their sector. Adaopt-A-Sector is a scheme run by Shotover Wildlife for those who would like to learn skills in botanical surveying, or improve on their existing skills. See the Flora section of 'Activities' for details. Contact Jacqueline Wright if you are interested: jawright@shotover-wildlife.org.uk, 01865 874423.
SW Grasses Identification Workshop
Tutor: Ivan Wright. |
Sunday 6th June.
10am to 3.30pm approx.
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Shotover Car Park, Headington. |
FREE. BOOKING ESSENTIAL. Contact Ivan Wright: irwright@shotover-wildlife.org.uk.
CONSERVATION WORK DAY
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Sunday 13th June
10am to 3pm
(Join us any time
between these hours)
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Shotover Car Park, Headington.
If after 10am, see map on notice board or phone SW mobile (Conservation Days only) on 07881 977481, to find out where we are. |
Heath/acid grassland restoration. Join us for as long or as short a time as you like and contribute to the important conservation work that SW is carrying out on Shotover. Wear suitable clothing and bring sufficient supplies of food and drink! No dogs please, thank you.
Beetles
Invertebrate Identification Workshops
Tutor: Darren Mann (Oxford University Museum of Natural History) |
Sunday 13th June
9:30 am to 3:30 pm
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Hill End Field Studies Centre |
£25. Part of the Invertebrate Identification Workshops which are aimed at enthusiastic, adult beginners and will provide a basic introduction to the identification of the different invertebrate groups. Microscopes will be used where appropriate, but experience in microscope use is NOT ESSENTIAL. Equipment will be supplied but, if possible, please bring a hand lens. Please bring a packed lunch (coffee and tea are provided).
Contact Lawrence Bee for further details and to book a place:
lawrence.bee@oxfordshire.gov.uk, tel: 01865 863510, Hill End Field Study Centre, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford OX2 9NJ.
Moths
Invertebrate Identification Workshops
Tutor: Martin Harvey (Open University’s Biodiversity Observatory project) |
Sunday 11th July
9:30 am to 3:30 pm
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Hill End Field Studies Centre |
£25. Part of the Invertebrate Identification Workshops which are aimed at enthusiastic, adult beginners and will provide a basic introduction to the identification of the different invertebrate groups. Microscopes will be used where appropriate, but experience in microscope use is NOT ESSENTIAL. Equipment will be supplied but, if possible, please bring a hand lens. Please bring a packed lunch (coffee and tea are provided).
Contact Lawrence Bee for further details and to book a place:
lawrence.bee@oxfordshire.gov.uk, tel: 01865 863510, Hill End Field Study Centre, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford OX2 9NJ.
Snails & Slugs
Invertebrate Identification Workshops
Tutor: Steve Gregory (Northmoor Trust) |
Sunday 26th September
9:30 am to 3:30 pm
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Hill End Field Studies Centre |
£25. Part of the Invertebrate Identification Workshops which are aimed at enthusiastic, adult beginners and will provide a basic introduction to the identification of the different invertebrate groups. Microscopes will be used where appropriate, but experience in microscope use is NOT ESSENTIAL. Equipment will be supplied but, if possible, please bring a hand lens. Please bring a packed lunch (coffee and tea are provided).
Contact Lawrence Bee for further details and to book a place:
lawrence.bee@oxfordshire.gov.uk, tel: 01865 863510, Hill End Field Study Centre, Eynsham Road, Farmoor, Oxford OX2 9NJ.
SW Mosses Course
Tutor: Jacqueline Wright, County Recorder of Bryophytes for Oxfordshire & Berkshire. |
Saturday 20th, Sunday 21st,
Saturday 27th November
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Near Oxford |
Bookings taken for all three days only. Contact Jacqueline Wright for further details and to book a place:
jawright@shotover-wildlife.org.uk, 01865 874423.
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