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Powerstock Common Parley Common Dorset Countryside No 167 February - April 2014 Reg Charity No 1071723 Volunteers www.dcv.org.uk Who we are, what we do, where, why and how . DCV is . • Lifts from Wool station (toolstore is nearby) • A practical conservation group run by volunteers A DCV day lasts . since 1972 doing practical work in the countryside that would not otherwise be done • 10.00a.m. – 5.00p.m. approximately • Volunteers are male and female, from all walks • Breaks for lunch and drinks are included of life and from all over the county • Work is seasonal, e.g. woodlands in winter - hedgelaying, coppicing; in summer dry stone FINDING DCV . walling, clearing ponds, footpath work • Organisations we work for include: Dorset • Maps with the task programme (at the back of this Wildlife Trust, Heritage Coast Project, Natural newsletter) show the locations of task sites England, Amphibian & Reptile Conservation • Look for DCV’s yellow arrows near the worksite or • We work at weekends throughout Dorset red and white tape or the DCV information board • No super-human strength or special skills may show an explanatory note needed, or attendance on every task or even for • If unsure of the worksite try to arrive by 10.00 to the whole weekend - any time is a bonus meet other volunteers. The worksite may be some way off. Lost? give us a call on 07929 961532 DCV offers . • Practical care for the environment FOOD, DRINK & ACCOMMODATION • Opportunity to learn new skills - training given • Use of all necessary tools plus training • Occasionally, we hire a village hall, cook supper, • Accommodation on weekend tasks visit the local pub and sleep overnight - karrimats • Beautiful countryside, social events, fun & available! N.B. Book with Peter a week in advance companionship • The charge for a weekend, including Saturday evening meal, lunch Saturday and Sunday, YOU should bring . breakfast on Sunday and accommodation, £3.00 • DCV provides free hot/cold drinks and biscuits • Stout footwear (steel toecaps if you have them) during the day - bring your own mug if you wish • Old clothes (wear layers) • On residentials, all volunteers are welcome to come • Tough gloves (we have some to sell/lend) for the evening meal and pub whether working both • Waterproofs, sun block, sun hat, insect repellent days or just one • Lunch • Halls offered by DCV provide separate male and • If staying overnight – a change of clothes, female toilet/washing and changing facilities sleeping bag (air bed/camp bed if you wish) • Up to date tetanus jab • Note: If you have a medical condition or allergies of any sort, please carry a card and bring Reaching a task . necessary medicines. If you wish, bring this to the • If you need / can offer a lift, phone Peter Warren attention of the task leader. Please complete the 3 days before a task “in case of emergency” details at the end of the newsletter, and bring on task. • All youngsters are welcome, but should be EDITORIAL New year resolutions unfulfilled? Not got going yet after the Christmas break? Well hopefully our new programme will inspire you - come on DCV members, your county needs you. There is a lot of work to do and DCV does it best! We have something for everyone and this programme sees our last chance for the “keep fit” bash and burn tasks so come along and make the most of them, shake off the winter blues, burn off those excess calories (although still a chance to bring just one more potato to bake in the fire). It’s also our last opportunity for a while to take something home with us, a little firewood for indoors or an outdoor chimnea or bbq. Or what about pea or sweet pea sticks, bean poles, decorative features for the garden - all these are free and waiting for you to make use of. So if you really enjoy our winter work, don’t delay in coming out because in just a few short weeks, from the end of March, the great change takes place - from winter bash and burn to the more constructive tasks of summer. You will see from the task programme that we have a good mix of work on a wide variety of habitats, in all parts of the county - many thanks to Doug for his work on this. Thanks are also due to Tess for her hard work in producing a poster in an effort to engage young people with the group. We hope that this will bring in some younger volunteers and we look forward to welcoming them to DCV. Thank you also to Gareth for putting in a lot of time and effort in producing a new recruitment leaflet for the group. This will go out to libraries and leaflet dispensers around the county. If you can think of suitable places to display leaflets, collect some on task. Last but not least, many thanks to Tony for publicising DCV on his Facebook page. And, as always, many thanks to all contributors to the newsletter. Now the moment you’ve all been waiting for . it’s time to rejoin DCV. Yes, membership for 2014 is now due. You will find a membership form concealed within this newsletter. Still excellent value for working members at £3, although you will notice that we have increased the charge for non working members to £10. This money supports the website and newsletters. Our good wishes to you all for the new year and we look forward to seeing you out on task. Coordinator’s Report Richard Meatyard This quarter took us deep the leader was in the has been invading the wet into the Winter programme with embarrassing situation of having heathland. This time with a still the focus being on scrub clearing to send for reserve supplies day and no risk of setting the under various guises, sadly no when the milk ran out at Molina grass alight we were able hedge laying this time, although lunchtime. to have a traditional DCV some is promised in this coming monster bonfire to keep up with quarter. The next weekend was a long another near record turnout. awaited return visit to Lime Kiln My roundup of the 3 tasks that Hill, West Bexington. Our last The following weekend we were missed my last report will be visit here several years ago was just a stone’s throw away at brief, I missed two of them as I a series of walling tasks. This Newton Gully for the annual was leading a working holiday for time it was to selectively clear a Christmas Tree task. Given the the National Trust. south facing bank to provide poor turnout both days it seems open sheltered grassland for the that cutting your own Xmas Tree Upton Wood, what can I say? butterflies. Amazingly the rain has gone out of fashion with Brambles. There was a little light showers skirted around us and DCV members. Although relief in the form of digging out we were even treated to the apparently RSPB at Arne had young birch trees as an occasional sunny spells. over 1000 people looking for alternative in our apparently trees! endless battle to keep the mire The following weekend we clear. moved on to Ferndown Common The weekend of the DCV a new site to most, although Christmas Dinner was one of our Lankham Bottom, proved to be a DCV has been there previously occasional visits to Tadnoll. bit of a Jekyll & Hyde task, with a many years ago. This time our Once again the target of our dry Saturday followed by a target was a mix of birch and work was the invading birch Sunday that degenerated into leggy gorse being cleared in although this time our efforts monsoon style rain that caused preparation for the creation of a were concentrated on clearing it the task to be abandoned at series of new sand scrapes to from alongside one of the rides lunchtime. Even so a create further habitat for the to open up the views and remove considerable area of leggy gorse sand lizards on the site. the shade from the heathland. was cleared opening up more chalk downland. The last weekend in November The last task before Christmas was a coppicing task at was Haydon Hill, near Our return to Townsend, last Kingcombe Meadows. Charminster, another new site visited earlier in the year with Thankfully, given our recent for DCV. With a small turnout Orchis, was an opportunity to history of tasks on this site, we and a steep rough climb to the finish off some areas we hadn’t had two days of great weather. site it was a case of taking managed to clear, continuing our Again we were clearing a south minimal equipment. A rather efforts to push back the facing bank to favour the trying mix of gorse tangled in encroaching scrub. grassland. On the Saturday banks of bramble on a steep evening Viv, with Helen’s help slippery slope was compensated for by the stunning views on a The first weekend in November organised one of her renowned bright, sunny if rather chilly day. took us to a new site at Wytch cook-outs which was well Moor. For some reason this attended. Sunday only task attracted a Our final task of 2013 was a st record turnout, for the year so The 1 of December was a return visit to East Gore. With far, (17 volunteers) which meant return visit to Wytch Moor to people eager to work off the a huge amount was done and continue clearing the pine that Christmas excesses and an Coordinator’s Report cont’d.
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