Volunteer Task Programme March 2017 to June 2017

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 our work

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

Task programmes, news and other SNCV Weekend Tasks information https://suttonnature.wordpress.com/task- Spencer Road Wetland programme/ Tasks take place on the first Saturday of the month from 11:00 to 13:30. Meet by the reserve entrance gate on Spencer Road, Mitcham Junction. Task Sutton Biodiversity Team Events for 2017 leader is Norman Jones - 020 8286 1874 / email: [email protected] http://tinyurl.com/pgr5rvu

Sutton Ecology Centre Takes place every Wednesday from 9:45 until 16:00 Task Details (except the 1st Wednesday of the month) and on the 3rd Sunday of the month from 10:00 - 14:00.

Contact Mark Featherstone to find out what we will be Midweek tasks run from 10:00 to 16:00. doing and where to meet. Phone 07872 510 122 email: [email protected] If you require a lift, please meet at Sutton Ecology Centre at 09:40 in order to help load tools and equipment into the minibus.

You are also welcome to join us on site but you Tasks take place on the last Sunday of the month need to inform us before you set off, as 10:30 to 13:00. Meet by the reserve entrance (at the sometimes circumstances lead to changes in the junction of Mill Lane and Strawberry Lane). Contact advertised programme. Derek Coleman on 020 8669 7421/ email: [email protected] Call Mark on 07872 510 122 / 020 8770 5821, or, Dave on 020 8770 4203 / 07736 338 366 if Stay in touch! you need anything

If you haven’t been out before or want to get involved again please give Mark or Dave a call

Volunteering Tweet us: @SNCVVolunteers

Facebook: Sutton Nature Conservation Volunteers There are volunteering opportunities on days of e-mail: [email protected]

the week other than those listed in the Website: www.sncv.org.uk 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 contact SNCV, the Biodiversity Team or talk to Dave or Mark to find out about other volunteering opportunities.

Volunteer Task Programme March 2017 to June 2017

March Tuesday 21st Queen Mary’s Woodland Woodland works – including planting and seeding

Wednesday 22nd Sutton Ecology Centre Working around the grounds or out and about

Thursday 23rd Queen Mary’s Woodland Woodland works – including planting and seeding

Saturday 25th Queen Mary’s Woodland Community Woodland Day 10:30am – 2pm

Planting at Carew Manor Wetland Sunday 26th Wilderness Island Contact Derek Coleman on 020 8669 7421 Thursday 2nd The Warren Vegetation Control Tuesday 28th Queen Mary’s Woodland Woodland works – including planting and seeding Saturday 4th Great British Spring Clean Roundshaw Woods 10am to 12pm Apeldoorn Drive Wednesday 29th Sutton Ecology Centre jct with Foresters Drive. Join us for a couple of hours Working around the grounds or out and about clearing rubbish, which is a hazard to wildlife and looks unsightly. Thursday 30th Sutton Common Meadow cut and improvement works Tuesday 7th Carshalton Road Pastures Vegetation control – including hedge infilling April

Thursday 9th Carshalton Road Pastures Tuesday 4th Cuddington Meadows Vegetation control Spring Meadow cut and thatch control

Saturday 11th Queen Mary’s Woodland Tuesday 4th Storey Time – Tadpole Tales Community Woodland Day 10:30am – 2pm Sutton Ecology Centre 10:30am to 12:00pm

Join Sutton’s Biodiversity Team for tadpole stories Monday 13th Riverfly Survey and songs, followed by pond dipping to look for Spend about 1̕½ Hrs helping monitor sections of the tadpoles and finish off with a craft to take home. Cost: Wandle. Call Mark for details on 07872 510 122 £5 per child

Suitable for children 3yrs +. Booking essential. Tuesday 14th Belmont Pastures

Vegetation control and meadow improvement works Thursday 6th Avenue Primary School

Meadow cut, thatch control and site maintenance Tuesday 14th SNCV Open Meeting

From 19:30 at Stone Court, North Street Saturday 8th

Call Norman Jones for details on 020 8286 1874 Wednesday 15th Sutton Ecology Centre

Working around the grounds or out and about Monday 10th Riverfly Survey Spend about 1̕½ Hrs helping monitor sections of the Thursday 16th Sutton Ecology Centre Wandle. Call Mark for details on 07872 510 122 Meadow management and other works

Monday 10th Peter Rabbit and Friends Saturday 18th Queen Mary’s Woodland Egg Hunt Community Woodland Day 10:30am – 2pm Sutton Ecology Centre 11am to 2pm Join Sutton’s

Biodiversity Team for an Egg Hunt, Easter craft and Sunday 19th Sutton Ecology Centre stroke a bunny! Cost: £4 per child ages 3yrs+ Suitable Carrying out practical work around the grounds or at for families with children 3yrs+ Drop in, no booking other sites around the borough. Call Mark on 07872 required. 510 122

Volunteer Task Programme March 2017 to June 2017

Tuesday 11th Oaks Park Wood & Woodmansterne Road Shaw Saturday 6th Queen Mary’s Woodland Botanical survey (Phase 1) Community Woodland Day 10:30am – 2pm

Tuesday 11th Peter Rabbit and Friends Saturday 6th Spencer Road Wetland Egg Hunt Call Norman Jones for details on 020 8286 1874 Sutton Ecology Centre 11am to 2pm Join Sutton’s Biodiversity Team for an Egg Hunt, Easter craft and Monday 8th Riverfly Survey stroke a bunny! Cost: £4 per child ages 3yrs+ Suitable Spend about 1̕½ Hrs helping monitor sections of the for families with children 3yrs+ Drop in, no booking Wandle. Call Mark for details on 07872 510 122 required. Tuesday 9th The Warren and Therapia Lane Thursday 13th North Rough Paddock Spring meadow cut Vegetation Control Wednesday 10th Sutton Ecology Centre Saturday 15th Queen Mary’s Woodland Working around the grounds or out and about Community Woodland Day 10:30am – 2pm Thursday 11th Carshalton Road Pastures Tuesday 18th Wandle Edge + WVW Spring meadow cut Vegetation control Tuesday 16th Kimpton Balancing Ponds Wednesday 19th Sutton Ecology Centre Spring meadow cut Working around the grounds or out and about Wednesday 17th Sutton Ecology Centre Thursday 20th Roundshaw Downs, Overhill Working around the grounds or out and about Drive Spring meadow cut Thursday 18th Cuddington Meadows Fencing works Tuesday 25th London Road Edge and DANA Vegetation control Saturday 20th Bat Walk Whitehall Museum, Cheam. 9pm – 11pm. Bats have Wednesday 26th Sutton Ecology Centre come out of their winter hibernation and are busy Working around the grounds or out and about feeding to make up for losing body reserves over the cold winter months. We’ll use bat detectors to explore Thursday 27th Carew Manor Wetland the world of these fascinating nocturnal creatures. Spring meadow cut Cost: £TBC per person. Suitable for: all. Booking: essential. For all enquiries and bookings, please call Saturday 29th Moss Training Day Whitehall Museum on 020 86431236 or email: Sutton Ecology Centre 10am to 4pm Join Sutton’s [email protected] Biodiversity Team for an introduction to this interesting and often overlooked group of flowerless plants Sunday 21st Sutton Ecology Centre Cost: £TBC. Suitable for: Adults 16+. Booking: Carrying out practical work around the grounds or at Essential other sites around the borough. Call Mark on 07872 510 122 Sunday 30th Wilderness Island Contact Derek Coleman on 020 8669 7421 Tuesday 23rd Wellfield North Vegetation Control May

th Tuesday 2nd Belmont Pastures Wednesday 24 Sutton Ecology Centre Spring meadow cut and site maintenance Working around the grounds or out and about

th Thursday 4th Mill Green Thursday 25 Spencer Road Wetland Botanical survey (Phase 1) & site maintenance Botanical survey ( Phase 1)

Volunteer Task Programme March 2017 to June 2017

Sunday 28th Wilderness Island Wednesday 14th Sutton Ecology Centre Contact Derek Coleman on 020 8669 7421 Working around the grounds or out and about

Tuesday 30th Action Day Thursday 15th Carew Manor Wetlands Dealing with outstanding work Botanical survey (Phase 1)

Saturday 18th Wildflowers Study Day June 10am to 4pm A structured classroom session at Stonecourt on common wildflower groups, their ecology and conservation and then a field trip to Thursday 1st Location TBC practice ID skills. Cost: £20 per person. Suitable for: Habitat insight day Adults 16+. Booking: Essential!

Saturday 3rd Spencer Road Wetland Sunday 19th Sutton Ecology Centre Call Norman Jones for details on 020 8286 1874 Volunteer at SEC carrying out practical work in the grounds. Call Mark on 07872 510 122 Saturday 3rd Grasses & Meadows Study Day 10am-4pm. A structured classroom session looking at Tuesday 20th Kimpton Balancing Pond the key features of flowering and vegetative grasses, Botanical Survey (Phase 1, G06) their ecology and conservation, followed by a field trip to practice ID skills. Wednesday 21st Sutton Ecology Centre Cost: £20 per person. Suitable for: Adults 16+. Working around the grounds or out and about Booking: essential! Thursday 22nd Oaks Park Tuesday 6th Sutton Common Botanical survey (Phase 1, CGRA and GO4) Botanical survey (Phase 1, G06) Sunday 25th Wilderness Island Thursday 8th The Warren Contact Derek Coleman on 020 8669 7421 Botanical survey (Phase1, CGRA, G04) Tuesday 27th Beddington Park Monday 12th Riverfly Survey Botanical survey (Phase 1, G06) Spend about 1̕½ Hrs helping monitor sections of the Wandle. Call Mark for details on 07872 510 122 Wednesday 28st Sutton Ecology Centre Working around the grounds or out and about Tuesday 13th Wilderness Island Botanical survey (Phase 1) Thursday 29th Action Day Dealing with outstanding work