Events July - September 2008

Events July-September 2008

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July

Date Group Event Details

Sun 6th HMWT Guided Walk - dragonflies on King's Meads NR Meet at 10:30am on the Windsor Industrial estate, Ware road (next to Chadwell springs Golf club) Ware. Approx 2 hour walk. Limited places, booking essential. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and bring binoculars if you have them! Sorry but no children under eight years of age.

Sun 6th HMWT BBC Breathing Places Event - dragonflies at King's Meads NR 12-4pm. Find us on the towpath between Ware and Hertford, adjacent to the reserve. Trust staff on hand to point out the dragonflies that can be found here. Bring binoculars if you have them and wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear - particularly if the weather has been wet beforehand! We are not able to provide any special parking arrangements, so please observe any local parking restrictions or agreements that generally apply to each site. (TL353143)

Sun 6th HMWT Butterfly walk - Hertford Heath/Balls WoodNature Reserves Meet at 10:30am on the green next to the College Arms pub, London Road, Hertford Heath. Approx 2 hour walk.Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and bring binoculars if you have them! Sorry but no children under eight years of age.

Sun 6th Harrow Children's Butterfly Walk 10.30am - 12.30pm.  Fryent Country Park

Sun 6th Harrow Wildlife walk on Stanmore Common 2 - 4pm

Tue 8th Welwyn Hatfield Walk - Monk Green Farm and glow worm hunt Meet at 7.15pm at Monk Green Farm [TL335085]. In Hertford take A 414 at Tesco roundabout turn right in 200 yards into Mangrove Lane. Continue via Balls Park for 2 miles. Turn right for Monks Green. Farm half mile at end of road. After farm walk, glow worm hunt will start at 9.45pm. Sorry, no children under eight years of age.

Sat 19th HMWT                 Woodland orchid walk Danemead Nature Reserve Meet 10a.m in the Martins Green car park off Cock Lane, Hoddesdon. Approx 2 hour walk. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and bring binoculars if you have them! Sorry but no children under eight years of age.

Sat 25th Welwyn Hatfield Stort Valley Wildlife Walk Approx 7-8 miles. Leisurely scenic walk from Roydon to Sawbridgeworth along the canal tow path returning by train. Meet at Roydon Station car park at 10.00am [TL405105]. Bring a picnic and binoculars. Booking essential via Dave Laming on 01438 798213.

Sun 27th   North Herts Butterflies at Sharpenhoe Clappers   Dark green fritilleries and marbled whites. TL 065295. Meet 10.30 am in National Trust car park top of Sharpenhoe Hill. Distance 2 miles (3 km) Optional pub lunch/own refreshments.


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August

Date Group Event Details
Sun 3rd HMWT BBC Breathing Places Event - butterflies at Aldbury Nowers NR 12- 4pm. Find out about the butterflies of this chalk grassland reserve- including fritillaries, marbled whites, commas and skippers.Look out for us where the Ridgeway (from Pitstone to Aldbury) runs through the reserve. Bring binoculars if you have them and wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear- particularly if the weather has been wet beforehand! We are not able to provide any special parking arrangements, so please observe any local parking restrictions or agreements that generally apply to each site. (SP950129)

Sun 10th Harrow Children's pond dipping event 10.30am - 12.30pm.  Fryent Country Park

Sun 10th Harrow Wildlife walk on Stanmore Common 2 - 4pm

Sun 17th HMWT Late summer wildlife - Amwell Reserve Join Ellie Beach and Tim Hill for an introduction to Amwell's late summer wildlife. We'll be looking out for migrant birds stopping off to feed on their way south for the winter. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear and bring binoculars if your have them. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Sorry but no children under eight. Booking essential - phone HMWT on 01727 858901

Fri 22nd Harrow The bats of Borehamwood 8pm - 10.30pm. Meet Car Park, Aberford Hall, Aberford Park, off Brook Road.

Sun 24th North Herts Dragonfly and butterfly walk - King's Meads NR TL353143. Approx 2-3 miles (5 km). Meet 10.30 am at footbridge in library car park (Burgage Lane), off High Street, Ware. Optional pub lunch/own refreshments. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and bring binoculars if you have them!

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September

Date Group Event Details
Tue 2nd North Herts Grey partridge farm walk - Therfield 2 hour walk on farmland, guided by with Alex Butler (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust) to find grey partridge and to hear about this conservation project. Meet at 6.30 pm near Therfield, Royston. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear and bring binoculars if your have them. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Booking essential, places will be limited. Contact Val Fullforth on 01462 623667 to book and for directions to starting location.

Sun 7th HMWT BBC breathing places event - Silvermeade Look out for water voles in the Lee Valley Regional Park.Guided by Trust and LVRP staff, find out how we're improving habitat and helping to increase water vole populations throughout Hertfordshire. There will be a range of children's activities (including a mini beasts hunt). Look out for us either on the towpath next to Silvermeade or in Broxbourne Old Mill and Meadows car park. Off Mill Lane, Broxbourne. Nearest car park is the Lee Valley Park's Old Mill and Meadows car park. 10am -4 pm. NB We are running this project jointly with our partners in the Hertfordshire Water Vole Project. Silvermeade is within the Lee Valley Regional Park. Parking charges may apply.

Sun 7th Harrow Work party - Stanmore Common Scrub removal from 1.30 pm - 4 pm

Fri 12th Harrow Children's event - bats and moths Fryent Country Park. 7.30pm-10pm

Sun 14th Welwyn Hatfield Walk - Alpine Meadow NR and Berkhamstead Common Walk to enjoy chalk grassland flowers, deer, veteran beeches, and basking lizards (weather permitting!). Meet Campus West car park, WGC at 9.30am to car share or at 10.00am at Bridgewater School at top of Bridle Way. In Berkhamstead High Street turn right at lights at Crooked Billet into Billet Road, cross roundabout, up hill to school [SP987086].Walk 4-5 miles. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear and bring binoculars if your have them. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested.

Tue 23rd Welwyn Hatfield A Chilean encounter Illustrated talk by Chris Ward on the birds mammals and landscapes of Chile. Meet at Howlands Baptist Church, The Commons, Welwyn Garden City at 8pm.

Wed 24th for 20 meetings Wild flowers - autumn to spring WEA course led by Trust Volunteer Warden, Brenda Harold. United Reformed Church, Bricket Wood, from 10.15 - 11.45am. To book and for fees and course content information, contact Jon Wimhurst (WEA) on 01438 861310.

Fri 26th Harrow Night time safari 7.30- 10pm. Meet Car Park, Aberford Hall, Aberford Park, off Brook Road

Sun 28th HMWT    Apple picking - Tewin Orchard Getting ready for Apple Weekend in October - willing helpers always welcome. Meet at Tewin Orchard NR between 10am-2pm. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and bring packed lunch. Take the B1000 from Welwyn Garden City to Hertford, turn left through Tewin village, continuing towards Burnham Green. Pass the cricket ground. Tewin Orchard is on the right.

Sun 28th North Herts Bat watch - Oughton Head Common Approx 2 hour visit. Meet 7.00 pm at corner of Burford Way and Bedford Road, Hitchin (A600).TL 178312. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear and bring binoculars if your have them. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested.

Sun 28th Welwyn Hatfield Fungal walk - Bayfordbury Guided by Kerry Robinson. Meet at 10am in the University car park at Bayfordbury. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear and bring binoculars if your have them. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Sorry but no children under eight. Booking essential - contact David Laming on 01438 798213.

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July
Date	Group	Event	Details
Sun 6th	HMWT	Guided Walk - dragonflies on King's Meads NR	Meet at 10:30am on the Windsor Industrial estate, Ware road (next to Chadwell springs Golf club) Ware. Approx 2 hour walk. Limited places, booking essential. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and bring binoculars if you have them! Sorry but no children under eight years of age.
Sun 6th	HMWT	BBC Breathing Places Event - dragonflies at King's Meads NR	12-4pm. Find us on the towpath between Ware and Hertford, adjacent to the reserve. Trust staff on hand to point out the dragonflies that can be found here. Bring binoculars if you have them and wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear - particularly if the weather has been wet beforehand! We are not able to provide any special parking arrangements, so please observe any local parking restrictions or agreements that generally apply to each site. (TL353143)
Sun 6th	HMWT	Butterfly walk - Hertford Heath/Balls WoodNature Reserves	Meet at 10:30am on the green next to the College Arms pub, London Road, Hertford Heath. Approx 2 hour walk.Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and bring binoculars if you have them! Sorry but no children under eight years of age.
Sun 6th	Harrow	Children's Butterfly Walk	10.30am - 12.30pm. Fryent Country Park
Sun 6th	Harrow	Wildlife walk on Stanmore Common	2 - 4pm
Tue 8th	Welwyn Hatfield	Walk - Monk Green Farm and glow worm hunt	Meet at 7.15pm at Monk Green Farm [TL335085]. In Hertford take A 414 at Tesco roundabout turn right in 200 yards into Mangrove Lane. Continue via Balls Park for 2 miles. Turn right for Monks Green. Farm half mile at end of road. After farm walk, glow worm hunt will start at 9.45pm. Sorry, no children under eight years of age.
Sat 19th	HMWT	Woodland orchid walk Danemead Nature Reserve	Meet 10a.m in the Martins Green car park off Cock Lane, Hoddesdon. Approx 2 hour walk. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and bring binoculars if you have them! Sorry but no children under eight years of age.
Sat 25th	Welwyn Hatfield	Stort Valley Wildlife Walk	Approx 7-8 miles. Leisurely scenic walk from Roydon to Sawbridgeworth along the canal tow path returning by train. Meet at Roydon Station car park at 10.00am [TL405105]. Bring a picnic and binoculars. Booking essential via Dave Laming on 01438 798213.
Sun 27th	North Herts	Butterflies at Sharpenhoe Clappers	Dark green fritilleries and marbled whites. TL 065295. Meet 10.30 am in National Trust car park top of Sharpenhoe Hill. Distance 2 miles (3 km) Optional pub lunch/own refreshments.

August
Date	Group	Event	Details
Sun 3rd	HMWT	BBC Breathing Places Event - butterflies at Aldbury Nowers NR	12- 4pm. Find out about the butterflies of this chalk grassland reserve- including fritillaries, marbled whites, commas and skippers.Look out for us where the Ridgeway (from Pitstone to Aldbury) runs through the reserve. Bring binoculars if you have them and wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear- particularly if the weather has been wet beforehand! We are not able to provide any special parking arrangements, so please observe any local parking restrictions or agreements that generally apply to each site. (SP950129)
Sun 10th	Harrow	Children's pond dipping event	10.30am - 12.30pm. Fryent Country Park
Sun 10th	Harrow	Wildlife walk on Stanmore Common	2 - 4pm
Sun 17th	HMWT	Late summer wildlife - Amwell Reserve	Join Ellie Beach and Tim Hill for an introduction to Amwell's late summer wildlife. We'll be looking out for migrant birds stopping off to feed on their way south for the winter. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear and bring binoculars if your have them. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Sorry but no children under eight. Booking essential - phone HMWT on 01727 858901
Fri 22nd	Harrow	The bats of Borehamwood	8pm - 10.30pm. Meet Car Park, Aberford Hall, Aberford Park, off Brook Road.
Sun 24th	North Herts	Dragonfly and butterfly walk - King's Meads NR	TL353143. Approx 2-3 miles (5 km). Meet 10.30 am at footbridge in library car park (Burgage Lane), off High Street, Ware. Optional pub lunch/own refreshments. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and bring binoculars if you have them!

September
Date	Group	Event	Details
Tue 2nd	North Herts	Grey partridge farm walk - Therfield	2 hour walk on farmland, guided by with Alex Butler (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust) to find grey partridge and to hear about this conservation project. Meet at 6.30 pm near Therfield, Royston. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear and bring binoculars if your have them. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Booking essential, places will be limited. Contact Val Fullforth on 01462 623667 to book and for directions to starting location.
Sun 7th	HMWT	BBC breathing places event - Silvermeade	Look out for water voles in the Lee Valley Regional Park.Guided by Trust and LVRP staff, find out how we're improving habitat and helping to increase water vole populations throughout Hertfordshire. There will be a range of children's activities (including a mini beasts hunt). Look out for us either on the towpath next to Silvermeade or in Broxbourne Old Mill and Meadows car park. Off Mill Lane, Broxbourne. Nearest car park is the Lee Valley Park's Old Mill and Meadows car park. 10am -4 pm. NB We are running this project jointly with our partners in the Hertfordshire Water Vole Project. Silvermeade is within the Lee Valley Regional Park. Parking charges may apply.
Sun 7th	Harrow	Work party - Stanmore Common	Scrub removal from 1.30 pm - 4 pm
Fri 12th	Harrow	Children's event - bats and moths	Fryent Country Park. 7.30pm-10pm
Sun 14th	Welwyn Hatfield	Walk - Alpine Meadow NR and Berkhamstead Common	Walk to enjoy chalk grassland flowers, deer, veteran beeches, and basking lizards (weather permitting!). Meet Campus West car park, WGC at 9.30am to car share or at 10.00am at Bridgewater School at top of Bridle Way. In Berkhamstead High Street turn right at lights at Crooked Billet into Billet Road, cross roundabout, up hill to school [SP987086].Walk 4-5 miles. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear and bring binoculars if your have them. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested.
Tue 23rd	Welwyn Hatfield	A Chilean encounter	Illustrated talk by Chris Ward on the birds mammals and landscapes of Chile. Meet at Howlands Baptist Church, The Commons, Welwyn Garden City at 8pm.
Wed 24th	for 20 meetings	Wild flowers - autumn to spring	WEA course led by Trust Volunteer Warden, Brenda Harold. United Reformed Church, Bricket Wood, from 10.15 - 11.45am. To book and for fees and course content information, contact Jon Wimhurst (WEA) on 01438 861310.
Fri 26th	Harrow	Night time safari	7.30- 10pm. Meet Car Park, Aberford Hall, Aberford Park, off Brook Road
Sun 28th	HMWT	Apple picking - Tewin Orchard	Getting ready for Apple Weekend in October - willing helpers always welcome. Meet at Tewin Orchard NR between 10am-2pm. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and bring packed lunch. Take the B1000 from Welwyn Garden City to Hertford, turn left through Tewin village, continuing towards Burnham Green. Pass the cricket ground. Tewin Orchard is on the right.
Sun 28th	North Herts	Bat watch - Oughton Head Common	Approx 2 hour visit. Meet 7.00 pm at corner of Burford Way and Bedford Road, Hitchin (A600).TL 178312. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear and bring binoculars if your have them. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested.
Sun 28th	Welwyn Hatfield	Fungal walk - Bayfordbury	Guided by Kerry Robinson. Meet at 10am in the University car park at Bayfordbury. Wear suitable outdoor clothing and footwear and bring binoculars if your have them. Minimum donation £2.00 per person requested. Sorry but no children under eight. Booking essential - contact David Laming on 01438 798213.
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