Who? No previous experience needed!! Join a group of enthusiastic volunteers We will give you all the training and working with the Wildlife Trust to instruction you will need. Tools and conserve and protect wildlife in gloves are provided, along with drinks . and even a biscuit, or two! All you have ______

to do is come along with outdoor Why? clothing and stout footwear (or wellies) Midweek As a registered charity, volunteers are and waterproofs. Remember to bring a Wildlife Team a vital resource for us, helping us carry packed lunch. out much-needed work. Also, you can Bedford get fit, meet new people and help January - March 2019 conserve wildlife all in the same day!

When? Every Tuesday, meeting at 9.00 a.m. at the Visitor Centre, Priory Country Park, Bedford, (or on site at 10.00 a.m.

- see details overleaf), returning to Meeting Priory by 5.00 p.m. Point

Where?

We will be working on a range of nature So how do I get involved? reserves across Bedfordshire, Contact: The Wildlife Trust, Priory including woodlands, wetlands, Country Park, Barkers Lane, grasslands and other sites of interest. Bedford MK41 9DJ.

Telephone 01234 364213, or www.wildlifebcn.org Andy Fleckney: 07850 887271 E mail: [email protected] Registered Charity No. 1000412 Richard Knock: 07872 418279 Protecting Wildlife Close to Home JANUARY 2019 FEBRUARY 2019 MARCH 2019

st 1 NO TASK TODAY! 5th COTTAGE BOTTOM FIELD 5th ROKUM HOLE Happy New Year to you all! Scrub management on the former Grass cutting and raking on the flower- cultivation terraces. Meet at the rich hillside. Meet at the entrance to 8th OLD WARDEN TUNNEL junction of Jardine Way and Barton Hill Farm, on the road between Scrub and grassland management in the Southwood Road, . Streatley and Lilley. former railway cutting. Meet at the layby on the Cardington/Old Warden 12th QUARRY 12th SEWELL CUTTING road, where the Greensand Ridge Path Scrub management in the former chalk Scrub, grass and cotoneaster crosses the road. quarry. Meet at the end of Knolls management. Meet at the end of View, Totternhoe. Frenchs Avenue, Dunstable. 15th Scrub management on the slopes of the 19th RAVENSBURGH BANK 19th MOOR ‘Little Hills’. Meet at the ‘stables’ Regrowth and grass cutting and raking, Rush cutting and raking. Meet at the entrance on Castle Hill Road, along with more traditional scrub nature reserve car park, off Maulden Totternhoe. management, on the slopes of the Road, Flitwick. former hill fort. Meet at the entrance 22nd BLOW’S DOWNS to Barton Hill Farm, on the road 26th Scrub and bramble management. Meet between Streatley and Lilley. Rush cutting and raking. Meet at at the Skimpot roundabout entrance, Ruxox Farm, off Maulden Road, off Hatters Way. th 26 SUNCOTE PIT Flitwick.

th Scrub management to link and extend PLEASE NOTE: 29 grassy glades. Meet at the end of Under certain circumstances, it is possible Further scrub management. Meet in Frenchs Avenue, Dunstable. that the venue for any of the above tasks can change at short notice. the reserve car park on the road between Felmersham and Sharnbrook. Please check with the task leader before setting off.