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Conservation volunteering opportunities across Winter 2018 / 19

You must contact the lead person beforehand in order to register. Please do not turn up without making contact in advance.

Geographic Lead organisation Location Date / time Type of activity Contact details area NW SWT Oswestry Hills, north 1st and 3rd Practical scrub clearance David Hardwick Branch west Shropshire Saturday each [email protected] month to end March 9.15am to 3pm. Severn Gorge South Telford, Thursday 10am season dependant: Cadi Price, Community Development Countryside Trust Gorge to 3pm coppicing, hedgelaying, Officer, [email protected] World Heritage Site construction, scrub clearing, or website monitoring, surveys www.severngorge.org.uk/volunteers Tel: 01952 433880

Telford TWWiG Various sites in Every 2nd Practical conservation tasks, Carl Griffin mob: 07495908578 West Telford Sunday of the monitoring and survey [email protected] month Telford Friends of Telford alternate Practical conservation Dennis Offland 01952 608723 Granville CP Thursday Michael Ward 01952 619503 mornings [email protected]

Telford Shropshire Telford Fridays Practical conservation [email protected] Wildlife Trust Telford reserves

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Across Shropshire Variable Variable Practical work on footpaths Helen Beresford Parish including installation of Outdoor Partnerships 01743 255957 Paths Partnership access furniture i.e. gates [email protected] (P3) and stiles, and footpath maintenance (clearing vegetation, surfacing paths). www.shropshiresgreatoutdoors.co.uk/volu Lighter duties include nteering-outdoors/parish-paths- waymarking paths, surveying partnership-and-wardens/ path conditions) Across Shropshire Various sites Various times Carrying out practical Lee Fraser Shropshire Council Outdoor conservation work such as Outdoor Partnerships 01743 255956 Partnerships hedgelaying, scrub [email protected] Volunteer clearance, tree planting, Rangers keeping sites free of litter or footpath clearance and www.shropshiresgreatoutdoors.co.uk/v maintenance, installing olunteering-outdoors/volunteer-rangers/ access furniture. Across Shropshire Nature reserves Weds & Practical conservation mainly Diane Monether Shropshire Wildlife Trust mid across Shropshire Thursday and scrub clearance on our 01743 284296 week work parties and Telford Friday 9am to reserves around Shropshire [email protected] 4pm Across Shropshire Wild Have teams based Each Team Practical conservation Simon Brown Shropshire Teams in: Oswestry, goes out once a . Shropshire Wild Team Development , week. Officer / [email protected] and Mobile 07990 086384 . Office (mainly Friday) 01743 255055 Across SWT Growing variable` every 1st practical conservation & Hannah Farley Shropshire Confidence for Sunday month, bushcraft [email protected] 11 to 25’s youth club every 07399 493120 2nd & 4th Weds in Shrewsbury

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NE Marches Mosses Every Thursday Practical habitat restoration Mike Crawshaw BogLIFE – Make contact work and site maintenance [email protected] before coming Tel 01948 880362 to check task is still going ahead

NE SWT Market Hinstock, second Practical conservation work Drayton Branch Saturday of [email protected] every month 10.30 to 2.30, NE SWT Whitchurch North Shropshire. 3rd Tuesday Practical conservation Malcolm Monie Branch For full details visit monthly, 9.30am [email protected] Greenfields LNR to 3.30pm 01948 663069

NE Ellesmere Branch Birch Road pond, Occasional Scrub clearance Alex Grant 01691 624365 Ellesmere, North [email protected] Shropshire NE Fordhall Fordhall Farm, Quarterly practical conservation and Wendy Murray, Community Land near Market volunteer maintenance work Contact [email protected] Initiative Drayton weekends details: 01630 638696 Places must be booked in advance. NE Butterfly Prees Heath Occasional Habitat and interpretation For all events meet on the access track Conservation Common reserve, Wednesdays management opposite the Steel Heath turning off the north Shropshire A49. Wear appropriate clothing and footwear. Children must be accompanied by an adult. For more information please contact Stephen Lewis, Warden, on 07900 886809 or by email at [email protected]

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NE Natural Fenn’s, Whixall & Work parties on Practical habitat David Tompkins & Natural Bettisfield Mosses a Thursday, and management, maintenance Reserve Manager - Fenn's, Whixall & Resources Wales NNR. North occasional & and access works. Also Bettisfield Mosses NNR Shropshire Fridays. surveying, monitoring, and Volunteer Advisor – Marches Mosses (Whitchurch)/Wrex All work parties leading guided walks, BogLIFE Project ham Borough area. start from the assisting with events and Natural England Manor House practical work on other days SY13 2PD NNR base in during the week. Tel. 01948 880362 Whixall. Mob. 07826 530767 Volunteers must be registered [email protected] prior to starting Central Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Wednesdays Coppicing and footpath work, Matt Wilcoxon Council 10:00-14:00 scrub clearance, Countryside and Greenspace Team hedgelaying, fencing. Leader Shrewsbury Town Council 01743 730021 / 07976020247 matt.wilcoxon@shrewsburytowncouncil. gov.uk

Central Pontesford Hill Earl’s Hill and Work parties Practical habitat [email protected] Friends Pontesford Hill second Friday and management [email protected] Pontesbury fourth Saturday. Clive Dean or Mike Mortimer SE Bridgnorth Dudmaston Estate, One Monday a Habitat management Tim Walter Branch & Bridgnorth month including scrub clearance [email protected] National Trust Dudmaston SE Friends of Ludlow Usually 2nd and Footpath Maintenance. Scrub Rick Summers 01584 874462 Whitcliffe Whitcliffe Common 4th Thursday clearance. Coppicing. Grass Common cutting in visitor area. Habitat [email protected] management.

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Other groups:

Curlew Country, www.curlewcountry.org.uk Contact Amanda Perkins email [email protected]

• Rea Valley Community Wildlife Group, www.shropscwgs.org.uk Contact Amber Bicheno email: [email protected]

• Camlad Valley Community Wildlife Group, http://www.shropscwgs.org.uk Contact Sandy Scott (secretary) email: [email protected]

• Shropshire Hills & Marches Community Archaeology Group Contact Mike Greene email: [email protected]

• Marches Meadow Group, www.marchesmeadowgroup.com Contact Richard Small, email: [email protected]

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