Oxford Green Spaces Sponsored Walk
CPRE |
Sunday 27th June
10am to 4pm
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Contact CPRE for details (right) |
A 9 mile circular walk around Oxford's green sites and spaces. At each site there will be children’s activities and information stalls. The funds raised will go towards the work of the Friends of Warneford Meadow and the Friends of Oxpens Meadow who are fighting for Town Green status and to CPRE Oxford's Green Lungs Project.
For more information, a sponsorship form and route map, please contact: Becky on email: administrator@cpreoxon.org.uk or tel: 01865 874780 or go to our website: www.cpreoxon.org.uk
CONSERVATION WORK DAY
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Sunday 11th July
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. |
Acid Grassland expansion at Centaury Slope in Horseshoe Field (Path Junction 321/305). 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.
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.
SW Bat Surveys
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Tuesday 13th July
(SW Bat Team will
be notified of times). |
Shotover Car Park, Headington. |
As part of the SW Woodland Ecology Programme,
the second series of bat surveys in wooded habitats in the SSSI. Please do not bring dogs, but
do bring a small torch/head torch and wear stout footwear that supports your ankles when walking over
the rough terrain of Shotover Hill in the dark! To join the Bat Team email Jacqueline Wright: jawright@shotover-wildlife.org.uk.
Adopt-a-Sector Support Day
In Brasenose Wood. |
Saturday 24th July
10am to 12pm
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Meet in Brasenose Wood at Path Junction 622. |
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 GHP Excavator week |
Friday 6th August. |
Horspath Common. |
Start of the final phase of SW's Grassland Habitat Project. Visit Horspath Common during the week to witness the excavator in action coverting an area of bracken to Acidic Grassland habitat.
| SW Bat Surveys |
Tuesday 3rd August
(SW Bat Team will
be notified of times). |
Shotover Car Park, Headington. |
As part of the SW Woodland Ecology Programme,
the second series of bat surveys in wooded habitats in the SSSI. Please do not bring dogs, but
do bring a small torch/head torch and wear stout footwear that supports your ankles when walking over
the rough terrain of Shotover Hill in the dark! To join the Bat Team email Jacqueline Wright: jawright@shotover-wildlife.org.uk.
CONSERVATION WORK DAY
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Sunday 8th August
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. |
At the 'May Day Bay' in Horseshoe Field (Path Junction 322). 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.
| Elder Stubbs Festival |
Saturday 21st August
12-4pm |
Restore, Rymers Lane, Cowley (opposite Florence Park) |
Come and visit the SW stand and join the fun and events at this wonderful and atmospheric community festival. Good food, good music and good people.
Adopt-a-Sector Support Day
In Brasenose Wood. |
Saturday 4th September
10am to 12pm
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Meet in Brasenose Wood at Path Junction 622. |
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 |
Tuesday 7th September
(SW Bat Team will
be notified of times). |
Shotover Car Park, Headington. |
As part of the SW Woodland Ecology Programme,
the second series of bat surveys in wooded habitats in the SSSI. Please do not bring dogs, but
do bring a small torch/head torch and wear stout footwear that supports your ankles when walking over
the rough terrain of Shotover Hill in the dark! To join the Bat Team email Jacqueline Wright: jawright@shotover-wildlife.org.uk.
CONSERVATION WORK DAY
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Sunday 12th September
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. |
Location/work TBC. 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.
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.
CONSERVATION WORK DAY
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Sunday 10th October
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. |
Location/work TBC. 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.
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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