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Date |
Time |
Event |
Details |
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APRIL 2010 |
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| Wed 14th. | 10.00 - 15.00 |
Branscombe area Walk. 5 or 2.5 miles, with Colin Walker. |
Meet at Car Park
next to Lower Weston Farm (SY 166888). Walk to Street with lunch break at Fountain Head. (☼) |
| Sat 17th. | 10.00 - 13.00 |
Cannington Viaduct and Prescott Pinetum Walk, with Donald Campbell. | Meet layby at SY
315922, East of Shapwick Grange Farm |
| Mon 19th. | 08.00 - 11.00 |
Birding Stroll for
migrants, with Ian Waite. |
Meet Beer Head Car
Park. (SY 228888) |
| Wed 21st. | 07.00 or 09.00 start |
Portland Bill for
migration and Observatory visit, with Ian Waite. |
Please inform Ian Waite (01297 20326) if attending. (☼) |
| Sat 24th. | 08.00 - c.12.00 |
Bird Ringing with Axe Estuary Ringing Group | Meet Seaton Marshes
LNR, (SY 247907). |
MAY 2010 |
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| Sat 1st. | 06.30 - 19.30 |
Bluebell Day at Holyford Woods |
Shuttle
bus from Colyford Memorial Hall. Details from EDDC Countryside Service (01395 51557) |
| Sun 2nd. | 09.00 - 14.00 |
Birds in the Undercliff, with Donald Campbell | Meet
Holmbush Car Park, Lyme Regis. Book on 07814 477422. (☼) |
| Wed 12th. | 08.00 All Day |
Somerset Levels for
bitterns, hobbies, etc. with Ian Waite |
Meet Ashcott Corner,
(ST 449397). Inform Ian Waite (01297 20326) if attending. (☼) |
| Tue 25th. | 10.00 - 16.00 |
Walk, mainly for butterflies, with David Cox |
Meet at Stonebarrow
NT Car Park (SY382933) £2 for non-NT members. (01297 443156) (☼) |
| Wed 26th. | 10.00 All Day |
Dartmoor Stroll for
moorland birds; then Yarner Wood, with Ian Waite |
Meet Kings Oven Car
Park (SX 676811). Inform Ian Waite (01297 20326) if attending. (☼) |
| Fri 28th. | 21.00 | Nightjars, with Ian Waite. |
Meet Peak Hill Car
Park, Sidmouth. (SY 676811) |
| Sat 29th | 10.00 - 15.00 |
Plants on the Undercliff, with David Allen | Meet Whitlands (SY
306 911). Stiff walk to the Plateau for chalk grassland. Book on 07814 477422 (☼) |
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JUNE 2010 |
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| Wed 9th. | 10.00 - 16.00 |
Work Party. Balsam pulling |
Meet
Blackbury Camp Car Park. (SY 188923) (☼) |
| Fri 11th. | 21.00 | Nightjars, with Ian Waite. |
Meet
Peak Hill Car Park, Sidmouth, (SY 676811) |
| Sat 12th. | 09.00 - 17.00 |
Great Axe Wetlands Biodiversity Race | Seaton
Marshes LNR. Details from EDDC Countryside Service on 01395 517557. |
| Tue 15th. | 10.00 - 13.00 |
Beer Head Botanical
Stroll for Chalk plants, with Mike Lock. |
Meet Beer Head Car Park. |
| Wed 16th. | 10.30 Half or all day. |
Figure 8 walk,
approx 7 miles on Dartmoor, with Tony Burges. |
Meet
Venford Reservoir Car Park, SX 685 712. Phone Tony Burges on 01404 445790. (☼) |
| Thur 17th. | 10.30 - 16.00 |
Car
trip to Martin Down (flowers and butterflies), with Mike Lock. |
Meet
Car Park at end of lane from centre of Martin (SU 057192). Phone Mike Lock for directions. (☼) |
| Sat 19th. | 10.00 - 12.00 |
COFFEE MORNING AND SALES | Court Cottage,
Colyton, with Donald and Nicky Campbell. |
| Sun 20th. | 10.00 - 14.00 |
Undercliffs; Goat Island Orchids, with Donald Campbell | Meet Stepps Lane (SY
265903) Book on 07814 477422 (☼) |
| Sun 20th. EXTRA EVENT | 21.30 - 22.30 | Father's Day Nightjar Ride! At Trinity Hill (Forestry Commission car park), near Axminster (SY304955) | Join us on a family friendly introduction to off-road night rides. Trinity Hill, looked after by the Forestry Commission, is a great site to hear your first nightjar. An experience not to be missed by kids and dad's alike! Cycle helmet and lights essential. Suitable for off-road bikes only. Accompanied children over 9 years only. Booking essential: 01404 46663 |
| Mon 21st. EXTRA EVENT | 21.30 - 22.30 | Family Mountain Bike Safari. Mutter's Moor car park, nr Sidmouth (SY109873) | Join us on a family friendly introduction to off-road riding. Mutter's Moor, looked after by the Pebblebed Heaths Conservation Trust, is great place to start mountain biking in the dark and to hear wonderful nightjars. Suitable for off-road bikes only. Cycle helmet and lights essential. Accompanied children over 9 years only. Booking essential: 01404 46663 |
| Wed 23rd. | 10.00 | Work Party. Balsam pulling |
Meet Blackbury Camp
Car Park, SY 188923 (☼) |
| Sat 26th and Sun 27th |
10.00 - 18.00 |
AXE VALE FESTIVAL | Come and visit us on our stand! |
JULY 2010 |
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| Mon 5th. | 10.00 - 13.00 |
Stroll, approx. 4
miles, for birds and butterflies, with Ian Waite. |
Aylesbeare Common. Meet Joneys Cross Car Park, (SY 057897) |
| Wed 7th. | 10.00 | Work Party. Balsam pulling. |
Meet Blackbury Camp
Car Park, SY 188923 (☼) |
| Thur 15th. | 10.30 - 16.00 |
Car trip to Ashclyst
Forest for butterflies, with Mike Lock |
Meet at Sprydon
Beacon Car Park. (SX996993). (☼) |
| Mon 19th. | 10.00 - 16.00 |
Walk,
approx. 7 miles, mainly butterflies with Pamela Miller. |
Meet
Castle Neroche, Blackdowns (ST 273154). (For Pamela Miller phone 01297 24004). (☼) |
| Wed 21st. | 10.00 | Work Party. Balsam pulling. |
Meet Blackbury Camp
Car Park, SY 188923 (☼) |
| Sat 24th. | 10.00 - 14.00 |
Culverhole: Coast and Chasm, with Donald Campbell | Meet at Stepps Lane,
(SY 265903) Strenuous walk for geology, wildlife & fossils. (☼) |
| Sun 25th EXTRA EVENT | 11.00 - 15.30 | East Devon Heath Week Family Festival Day | At Woodbury Castle (SY033873), nr Exmouth - follow the AA road signs. See www.eastdevonaonb.org.uk for details of activities. |
AUGUST 2010 |
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| Tue 3rd. | 10.00 - 13.00 |
Walk – Musbury Castle for Butterflies and flowers, with Mike Lock | Meet Musbury Village Hall, (SY 273946). |
| Wed 4th. | 10.00 | Work Party. Balsam pulling. |
Meet Blackbury Camp
Car Park, SY 188923 (☼) |
| Sat 14th. | 10.00 - 14.00 |
Undercliffs: Humble Glades, Butterflies etc. with David Allen | Meet Whitlands, (SY
306911). Stiff walk. Book on 07814 477422. (☼) |
| Wed 18th. | 16.00 - 18.00 |
Musbury. Evening walk for water plants and birds, with Mike Lock. | Meet Waterford Farm,
(SY 265947). Wear wellies! |
| Fri 20th, Sat 21st and Sun 22nd. |
All day | WET & WILD SUMMER WEEKEND. | For full details
contact East Devon Countryside Services on 01395 517557. |
SEPTEMBER 2010 |
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| Sat 4th. | 10.00 - 15.00 |
Trees in the Undercliff, with Donald Campbell. | Meet Whitlands, (SY
306911). Stiff walk. Book on 07814 477422. (☼) |
| Wed 8th EXTRA EVENT | 19.30 | A year in the life of a bat. | At Kilmington Village Hall. Find out from local bat expert Dr Fiona Mathews why the East Devon landscape is such an important place for many different British bats |
| Mon 13th. | 10.00 - 16.00 |
Walk, approx 7
miles. Abbotsbury area. With Pamela Miller. |
Meet Abbotsbury Car
Park, (SY 579852). (☼) |
| Tue
14th, Wed 15th and Thur 16th. |
10.00 - 16.00 |
Work
Party (Undercliffs) |
Goat
Island grass cut and scrub clearance Meet Stepps Lane, (SY266903). (☼) |
| Sun 19th. | 10.00 - 12.00 |
Seaton Beach Clean | Meet
Fishermans’ Gap. Wear gloves; bring a pencil. |
| Sat 25th. | 09.00 - 1300 |
Bird
Watch. Dawlish Warren, with Ian Waite. |
Meet at Dawlish Warren Car Park. |
| Mon 27th EXTRA EVENT | 19.30 | Bat swarming! Booking essential on 01404 46663 as this event has been kindly hosted by CeramTec (UK) of Colyton. | At CeramTec (UK), Colyton. Join us for a talk and walk to find out about bat swarming behaviour! Dr Fiona Mathews will introduce us to these wonderful nocturnal creatures before we go out to listen out for 'swarming' bats using bat detectors at a locally important site, |
| Mon 15th November EXTRA EVENT | 19.30 | SSSSShhhhhh don't wake the bats! Booking essential on 01404 46663 as this event has been kindly hosted by John Scott, Beer Quarry Caves. | Beer Quarry Caves, Beer Dr Fiona Mathews will reveal the interesting life histories of our British bats as they prepare themselves for winter hibernation. These caves are internationally important as a bat hibernaculum, so this is a rare opportunity to see bats up close. |