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EVENTS DIARY 2012

MARCH

        3rd March (Saturday) - Chaddesley Wood Moth Night

Meet at 17:00 at Jubilee Gate (OS map 150 : Grid ref : SO914736 ).

All are welcome.

The spring dates are at the mercy of the weather so please check to confirm..

Contact: Mervyn Needham (01562 777461) or Alan Prior (0121 778 2973)

        3rd March (Saturday) - Haugh Wood Work Party

Meet 10:00 at Haugh Wood Forestry Commission Car Park (GR: SO592365) off the minor road from Mordiford to Woolhope

We will continue the on-going coppicing work which, in 2010, resulted in a record emergence of Pearl-bordered Fritillaries and good numbers of the highly endangered Wood White.

Contact: Kate Wollen 07786 526280

        4th March (Sunday) - Monkwood Nature Reserve work party

Meet at 10.00am at the reserve car park off the Sinton Green to Monkwood Green road (GR: SO803603).

Contact: George Groves or (07989 474045)

        7th March (Wednesday) - Grafton Wood work party

Meet 10:00 at the Three Parishes Hall, Grafton Flyford (next to the church) just off
the A422 Worcester/Stratford road. Grid Ref: SO963557

Contact: John Tilt

        11th March (Sunday) - Grafton Wood work party

Meet 10:00 at the Three Parishes Hall, Grafton Flyford (next to the church) just off
the A422 Worcester/Stratford road. Grid Ref: SO963557

Contact: John Tilt

        13th March (Tuesday) - Exclusive Butterfly Photography Workshop

10:00-16:30

See page 8 of 'The Comma' - Winter 2011/2012, or click here to view online.

        14th March (Wednesday) - Grafton Wood work party

Meet 10:00 at the Three Parishes Hall, Grafton Flyford (next to the church) just off
the A422 Worcester/Stratford road. Grid Ref: SO963557

Contact: John Tilt

        17th March (Saturday) - Brown Hairstreak Egg Hunt Day

Meet 10.00am at Grafton Flyford Church, just off
the A422 Worcester/Stratford road. Grid Ref: SO961557

Please be prompt as in some cases we will be driving on to other sites.

Contact: Mike Williams (07802 274552)

Other midweek egg hunt dates will be arranged over the winter; see the Brown Hairstreak ebulletin for further details or contact Mike.

        17th March (Saturday) - National Butterfly Recorders’ Meeting

At the Birmingham and Midland Institute, central Birmingham.

Anyone interested in butterflies, recording and monitoring, and conservation is invited to attend.
You do not have to be an active recorder, you do not have to be a Butterfly Conservation member and you certainly don't have to be an expert.

You do, however, have to book in advance and places will go quickly – so book today!

For more details and to book your place follow this link - Butterfly Conservation or call Ian Middlebrook on 01929 406032.

A subsidised registration fee of £5 per person will be payable on the day (not in advance) to help cover the costs of venue hire, tea/coffee and buffet lunch.

        20th March (Tuesday) - Exclusive Butterfly Photography Workshop

10:00-16:30

See page 8 of 'The Comma' - Winter 2011/2012, or click here to view online.

        21st March (Wednesday) - Grafton Wood work party

Meet 10:00 at the Three Parishes Hall, Grafton Flyford (next to the church) just off
the A422 Worcester/Stratford road. Grid Ref: SO963557

Contact: John Tilt

        24th March (Saturday) - Ewyas Harold Meadows Reserve and Common work party

Meet at 10.00am at the northern Cwm Hill end of Ewyas Harold Common (GR: SO382302) adjacent to cattle grid. Approach from Abbey Dore off B4347 at GR: SO384306.

Contact: Ian Hart

        26th March (Sunday) - Trench Wood work party

Meet at 10.00am in the car park off Trench Lane (GR: SO929588)

Contact: Neil McLean

       28th March (Wednesday) - Grafton Wood work party

Meet 10:00 at the Three Parishes Hall, Grafton Flyford (next to the church) just off
the A422 Worcester/Stratford road. Grid Ref: SO963557

Contact: John Tilt