Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers Task Programme July 2016 to October 2016

To book on events, use the online portal: http://37.188.117.158/suttonecology/ or for directions to events, look on the website http://suttonnature.wordpress.com/events/ or e-mail: [email protected] (Mon to Fri)

Call 020 8770 5821 or email [email protected] for additional information about SNCV work

Don’t forget tasks are held at Sutton Ecology Centre on Wednesdays - 10 - 4pm!

Task programmes & newsletters here Weekend Tasks https://suttonnature.wordpress.com/task- programme/ Spencer Road Wetland Tasks take place on the first Saturday of the month from 11:00 to 1:30. Meet by the reserve entrance Sutton Biodiversity Events for 2016 gate on Spencer Road, Junction. Task

leader is Norman Jones - 020 8286 1874 / email: [email protected] http://suttonnature.wordpress.com/events/

Carew Manor Wetland Tasks take place on the second Sunday of the Task Details month. Meet at 10:15 in the second car park behind the cottages in Beddington Park, near the Wildlife

Hospital (end of Church Road). Task leader is Ron Kriehn - 020 8395 7231/ email: Midweek tasks run from 10:00 to 16:00. [email protected] If you require a lift, please meet at the Ecology Centre at 09:40 in order to help load tools and Sutton Ecology Centre equipment into the minibus. Takes place every Wednesday from 10:45 until 16:00 (except the 1st Wednesday of the month) and on the

You are also welcome to join us on site but you 3rd Sunday of the month from 10:00 - 14:00. need to inform us before you set off, as sometimes circumstances lead to changes in the Meet outside The Old Rectory, Sutton Ecology Centre, Festival Walk. Contact Mark Featherstone on: advertised programme. 07872 510 122 email: Call 020 8770 5821/4203 or 0773 633 8366 [email protected] (Dave) / 0787 251 0122 (Mark) to find out what we are up to. Tasks take place on the last Sunday of the month

If you haven’t been out before or want to 10:30 to 1:00. Meet by the reserve entrance (at the rejoin us please give Mark or Dave a call junction of Mill Lane and Strawberry Lane). Contact Derek Coleman on 020 8669 7421/ email: Volunteering [email protected]

Stay in touch ! There are volunteering opportunities on days of

the week other than those listed in the programme, such as completion of building projects, surveys, promotion (flyers, website, newsletters and posters), tools maintenance, projects with schools and other community

groups. Please feel free to talk to Dave or Mark Tweet us: @SNCVVolunteers Facebook: Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers to find out about other volunteering e-mail: [email protected] opportunities. Website: www.sncv.org.uk

Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers Task Programme July 2016 to October 2016 July

Tuesday 12th Wellfield East & West Botanical surveys (Phase 1, CGRA & G04)

Wednesday 13th Sutton Ecology Centre Working around the grounds or out and about

Thursday 14th Sutton Ecology Centre Botanical survey (Phase 1)

Sunday 17th Sutton Ecology Centre Volunteer at SEC carrying out practical work in the grounds. Call Mark on 07872 510 122

Large Skipper Tuesday 19th Ragwort control Saturday 2nd Butterflies Study Day Roundshaw Downs 10am-4pm. One of the best studied Wednesday 20th Sutton Ecology Centre animal groups in the UK, butterflies are iconic of spring and Working around the grounds or out and about summer but their national declines are indicating worrying trends to our countryside and wild spaces. Join Sutton Thursday 21st Queen Mary’s Woodland Biodiversity Team for information on their identification, life histories and habitat requirements. Morning session Woodland work at Stonecourt, Carshalton. th Cost: £18 per person. Suitable for: Adults 16+. Booking is Tuesday 26 The Warren / DANA essential. Botanical surveys (Phase 1, CGRA & G04)

Saturday 2nd Spencer Road Wetlands Wednesday 27th Sutton Ecology Centre Call Norman Jones for details on 020 8286 1874 Working around the grounds or out and about

Tuesday 5th Roundshaw Downs Thursday 28th Sutton Common Mowing plug plant area in north paddock Botanical surveys (Phase 1 & G06)

Thursday 7th Beddington Park / Belmont Sunday 31st Wilderness Island Pastures Contact Derek Coleman on 020 8669 7421 Botanical surveys (Phase 1 & G06) August th Saturday 9 Wildflowers Study Day 10am-4pm. Stonecourt for classroom session / Monday 1st Barefoot Trail at for outdoor session. A structured Sutton Ecology Centre classroom session at Stonecourt on common wildflower 11am-2pm. Going barefoot is great fun, and it’s thought to groups, their ecology and conservation and then a field trip stimulate your heart and boost your immune system! Follow to practice ID skills. our trail and feel squelchy mud, tickly grass and lots more Cost: £18 per person. Suitable for: Adults 16+. Booking: with your toes! Learn about animal footprints on the way. Essential! Finish off with some foot print painting! Come prepared for

th messy feet! Cost: £4 per child, Suitable for families with Saturday 9 Summer Fair children 2yrs+. Drop in, no booking required. Come to Sutton Ecology Centre 11am to 4pm and enjoy activities hosted by Friends of Sutton Ecology Centre plus Tuesday 2nd Roundshaw Downs Nature Discovery Backpacks and the SNCV stall. Booking Mowing plug plant area in north paddock is not required, just turn up and explore! Suitable for everyone. rd Cost: FREE. £10 returnable deposit for backpack hire. Wednesday 3 SNCV Open Meeting Stonecourt Classroom 19:30 th Sunday 10 Carew Manor Wetlands th Call Ron Kriehn for details on 020 8395 7231 Thursday 4 Oaks Park Botanical surveys (Phase 1, CGRA & G04) Monday 11th Riverfly Survey Call Mark for details on 07872 510 122

Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers Task Programme July 2016 to October 2016

Saturday 6th Dragonflies & Damselflies Tuesday 16th Roundshaw Woods Study Day Site maintenance 10am-4pm Stonecourt for morning classroom session, field trip for afternoon session. Flying jewels of the sky, the Wednesday 17th Sutton Ecology Centre vibrant and active nature of dragonflies and damselflies will Working around the grounds or out and about be explored, with identification of key species, habitat requirements and conservation covered by the course. Thursday 18th Carshalton Road Pastures Classroom session at Stonecourt in the morning, then field trip. Site maintenance

Cost: £18 per person. Suitable for: Adults 16+. Booking: st Essential! Sunday 21 Sutton Ecology Centre Volunteer at SEC carrying out practical work in the Saturday 6th Spencer Road Wetlands grounds. Call Mark on 07872 510 122 Call Norman Jones for details on 020 8286 1874 rd Tuesday 23 Minibeast Mania Monday 8th Riverfly Survey 11am-2pm. Sutton Ecology Centre. Hunt for minibeasts, Call Mark for details on 07872 510 122 discover who lives in our ponds, meet the stick insects and finish off with some refreshments and cake provided by our th Friends of Sutton Ecology Centre! Monday 8 Teddy Bear’s Picnic at Sutton Cost: £4 per child, Suitable for families with children 3yrs+. Ecology Centre Drop in, no booking required. Bring your Teddy along for some party games, find out if they can survive in the wild and go on a bear hunt! You are Tuesday 23rd Roundshaw Downs most welcome to bring your own picnic and stay afterwards for a Teddy Bear’s Picnic. This activity is led by Sutton’s Meadow work near Overhill Drive experienced Education Officer in partnership with Sutton th Libraries. Wednesday 24 Sutton Ecology Centre Cost: £5 per child 3yrs + Booking essential. Siblings Working around the grounds or out and about Welcome Thursday 25th Anton Crescent Wetland Tuesday 9th Kimpton Balancing Pond Meadow work Botanical surveys (Phase 1 & G06) Saturday 27th Bat Walk @ Beddington Park Wednesday 10th Sutton Ecology Centre 8.10pm-10pm. Car park by Riverside Animal Hospital. Bats Working around the grounds or out and about are busy feeding up, trying to put on as much body weight as possible to enter hibernation when the weather turns Wednesday 10th Bat Walk @ Mayflower Park cold at the end of summer. Join us for a short walk and talk about how bats live. Bat detectors will be provided. 8.45pm – 10.45pm. Top of the ‘lookout’. Young bats Cost: £5 per person. Suitable for: all. Booking: Essential! should be making their first flights from the roosts where they were born and feeding up quickly to put on weight to th become an adult. We’ll use bat detectors to see what bats Sunday 28 Wilderness Island are out and about over the ponds and parkland. Contact Derek Coleman on 020 8669 7421 Cost: £5 per person. Suitable for: all. Booking: Essential! Tuesday 30th Wellfield North Thursday 11th Land north of Goat Road Meadow work Botanical survey (Phase 1 & G06) September th Sunday 14 Carew Manor Wetlands Call Ron Kriehn for details on 020 8395 7231 Thursday 1st Queen Mary’s Woodland Vegetation clearance th Monday 15 Flower Fairies Adventure 11am-2pm. Sutton Ecology Centre. Find the flower fairies Saturday 3rd Spencer Road Wetlands with their flowers, plants and trees at Sutton Ecology Call Norman Jones for details on 020 8286 1874 Centre. Fairy stories, make houses for the fairies in the fairy circle and make your own flower fairy or elf to take th home. In partnership with Sutton Libraries. Tuesday 6 Queen Mary’s Woodland Cost: £4 per child, Suitable for families with children 3yrs+. Vegetation clearance Drop in, no booking required. th Thursday 8 The Warren Meadow work Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers Task Programme July 2016 to October 2016

th October Sunday 11 Carew Manor Wetlands Call Ron Kriehn for details on 020 8395 7231 Saturday 1st Spencer Road Wetlands

th Call Norman Jones for details on 020 8286 1874 Monday 12 Riverfly Survey Call Mark for details on 07872 510 122 Sunday 2nd Queen Mary’s Woodland

th Community wildflower turfing day. Contact Tuesday 13 Wellfield South [email protected] for more details Botanical surveys (Phase 1, CGRA & G04) th th Tuesday 4 Queen Mary’s Woodland Wednesday 14 Sutton Ecology Centre Vegetation clearance Working around the grounds or out and about th th Thursday 6 Queen Mary’s Woodland Thursday 15 Carew Manor Wetlands Vegetation clearance Meadow work th th Sunday 9 Carew Manor Wetlands Sunday 18 Sutton Ecology Centre Call Ron Kriehn for details on 020 8395 7231 Volunteer at SEC carrying out practical work in the grounds. Call Mark on 07872 510 122 Monday 10th Riverfly Survey Call Mark for details on 07872 510 122 Tuesday 20th Queen Mary’s Woodland Pond creation Tuesday 11th Therapia Lane Rough

st Botanical survey (phase 1) & site maintenance Wednesday 21 Sutton Ecology Centre Working around the grounds or out and about Wednesday 12th Sutton Ecology Centre

nd Working around the grounds or out and about Thursday 22 Queen Mary’s Woodland Pond creation Thursday 13th Kimpton Balancing Pond

th Meadow work Saturday 24 Trees Study Day 10am-4pm. Stonecourt for classroom session / local parks Sunday 16th Sutton Ecology Centre for outdoor session. Discover our native trees as we investigate their ecology and learn how to recognise their Volunteer at SEC carrying out practical work in the key ID characteristics. grounds. Call Mark on 07872 510 122 Cost: £18. Suitable For: Adult 16+. Booking: Essential! th Tuesday 18 Wandle Edge / Cuddington Saturday 24th Queen Mary’s Woodland Rec Community wildflower seeding day. Contact Meadow work / site maintenance [email protected] for more details th Wednesday 19 Sutton Ecology Centre Sunday 25th Wilderness Island Working around the grounds or out and about Contact Derek Coleman on 020 8669 7421 th Thursday 20 Roundshaw Downs Tuesday 27th Action Day Blackthorn scalloping Finishing off any outstanding work th Tuesday 25 Roundshaw Downs Wednesday 28th Sutton Ecology Centre Blackthorn scalloping Working around the grounds or out and about th Wednesday 26 Sutton Ecology Centre Thursday 29th Sutton Common Working around the grounds or out and about Meadow work th Thursday 27 Avenue Primary School Site maintenance

th Sunday 30 Wilderness Island Contact Derek Coleman on 020 8669 7421