LONDON WILDLIFE TRUST BARNET & ENFIELD GROUP
EVENTS PROGRAMME 2011
LWT members and non-members welcome. All events free unless otherwise noted.
Wednesday 16th February 2011
NATURALISTS OF MILL HILL: THE VALUE OF A LOCAL INTEREST
Suitable: All
Meet: 7:30 for 8 pm, Wilberforce Centre, St Paul’s Church, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, NW7 1QU.
Tube Mill Hill East then bus 240 to Mill Hill School.
Contact: Michael Worms michael.worms@fastnet.co.uk
Talk: Dr Michael Worms will present a talk on the renowned naturalists of Mill Hill and the importance of a local interest in wildlife. Expected to last around an hour.
Sunday 27th February 2011 (if rained off, rescheduled for 6th March)
CONSERVATION WORKDAY, MILL HILL OLD RAILWAY Nature Reserve
Suitable: All
Meet: 10:30 am, MHOR Nature Reserve, Dean’s Lane entrance, Burnt Oak
Tube Burnt Oak + buses 305 (Dean's Lane entrance); 204 (Deansbrook Road).
Contact: Clive Cohen notinbooks.conservation@btinternet.com
Workday: pre-season bramble cutting, litter clearing, maintenance. Tools and training provided. Time 10:30 am to 12:30. Note: this closed nature reserve is open every Sunday.
Sunday 20th March 2011
DARWIN CENTRE, NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM
Suitable: All
Meet: 10:00am, Totteridge & Whetstone tube station (car park £1; tube fare to South Ken) or South Ken tube, Exhibition Rd exit, c. 10:40am.
Contact: Liz Barrett web@e-barrett.com
Visit to new Darwin Centre at Natural History Museum, South Kensington. Entrance free but those without tube passes will need to pay tube fare. Probable time a couple of hours plus return journey.
Sunday 10th April 2011
LONDON WETLAND CENTRE, BARNES
Suitable: All
Meet: 9:30 am Totteridge & Whetstone tube station, to decide whether tube/bus or car journey. Car park £1 + tube fare for non-pass holders if by public transport.
Entrance fee for non-members of WWT £9.05 (concession £6.73).
Contact: Liz Barrett web@e-barrett.com
Visit to Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust wetland reserve at Barnes, south London, particularly for ducks, geese, swans, wading birds and water wildlife. About 2-3 hours.
Saturday 16th April 2011 (if rained off, walk will be deferred to 23rd April)
MARSH AND WOODLAND WILDLIFE, COPPETTS WOOD/GLEBELANDS
Suitable: All
Meet: 8:00 am Coppetts Wood Nature Reserve, near toolshed. Summers Lane entrance. Car parking free at Summers Lane recycling centre. Buses: routes 43, 134, 234 to Hillside Avenue or 382 to Summers Lane Recycling centre.
Contact: Tony Clancy amjc@talktalk.net / Ollie Natelson ollie.natelson@talktalk.net
Experienced birder Tony Clancy will lead a walk of Coppetts Wood and Glebelands focusing on birdsong and the wetland wildlife (may include tadpoles and Great Crested Newts).
Saturday 30th April 2011
DAWN CHORUS WALK, DARLANDS LAKE
Suitable: Not for wheelchairs
Meet: 4:30 am Orange Tree Pub car park, Totteridge Lane.
Tube Totteridge & Whetstone + 251 bus (bus unlikely to run that early but OK for return at around 6-7 am)
Contact: Clive Cohen notinbooks.conservation@btinternet.com
Walk to Darlands Lake Nature Reserve, Totteridge Valley, to hear song from first awaking birds build up to full spring "dawn chorus". One of the earliest dawn chorus events of the year, led by experienced guide to identify birdsong.
Sunday 8th May 2011
WALK, TOTTERIDGE VALLEY
Suitable: All
Meet: 10:45 for 11 am Orange Tree Pub car park, Totteridge Lane.
Tube Totteridge & Whetstone + 251 bus
Contact: Alan Rick, Chairman, LWT alan.rick@wildlondon.org.uk
Gentle nature walk in the scenic Totteridge Valley countryside. Duration about 2 hours.
Sunday 22nd May 2011
COPPETTS WOOD FESTIVAL
Meet: 2:00-4:30 pm Coppetts Wood Local Nature Reserve.
Car parking free at Summers Lane recycling centre. Buses: routes 43, 134, 234 to Hillside Avenue or 382 to Summers Lane Recycling centre.
Contact: Ollie Natelson ollie.natelson@talktalk.net
Not LWT event but Coppetts Wood conservationists group annual festival.
Sunday 22nd May 2011
WILDLIFE WALK, TOTTERIDGE FIELDS NATURE RESERVE
Suitable: All
Meet: 10:45 for 11 am at Hendon Wood Lane entrance to the Totteridge Fields. Parking in adjacent Old Cholmelians Sports Club. Tube Totteridge & Whetstone + 251 bus.
Contact: Clive Cohen notinbooks.conservation@btinternet.com
Guided walk of the nature reserve including spring butterflies and meadow flowers.
If the above event needs to be cancelled due to rain, it will be held the following week:
Sunday 29th May 2011
Sunday 12th June 2011
ENVIRONMENT FAIR, BYNG ROAD BARNET COUNTRYSIDE CENTRE
Suitable: All
Meet: Byng Road, Barnet Countryside Centre 2:30pm. Tube High Barnet then bus 384 to Wentworth Road then first left is Byng Road.
Contact: Sue Bird info@fobcc.org.uk
Environment Fair – stalls of several wildlife and environmental organizations. Walk of nature reserve.
Sunday 19th June 2011
WILDLIFE WALK, MILL HILL OLD RAILWAY NATURE RESERVE
Suitable: All
Meet: 10:45 for 11 am at MHOR Nature Reserve, Lyndhurst Park entrance, Burnt Oak
Tube Burnt Oak + buses 305 (Dean's Lane entrance); 204 (Deansbrook Road).
Contact: Clive Cohen notinbooks.conservation@btinternet.com
Guided walk of the nature reserve including spring butterflies, birds and possibly slow worms.
Saturday 2nd July 2011
MOTH AND BAT EVENING, TOTTERIDGE FIELDS
Suitable: All
Meet: 9:00 pm at Hendon Wood Lane entrance to the Totteridge Fields. Parking in adjacent Old Cholmelians Sports Club. Tube Totteridge & Whetstone + 251 bus.
Contact: Liz Barrett web@e-barrett.com
Herts & Middx Butterfly Conservation’s Moth Group expert Andrew Wood will conduct a moth survey in the Totteridge Fields nature reserve and identify moths attracted to light screens. A bat survey, using bat detectors, will also be conducted. To finish 11:30-12 pm.
Sunday 24th July 2011
BUTTERFLY WALK, TOTTERIDGE FIELDS NATURE RESERVE
Suitable: All
Meet: 10:45 for 11 am at Hendon Wood Lane entrance to the Totteridge Fields. Parking in adjacent Old Cholmelians Sports Club. Tube Totteridge & Whetstone + 251 bus.
Contact: Clive Cohen notinbooks.conservation@btinternet.com
Guided walk of the nature reserve including summer butterflies, day-flying moths including Narrow-bordered 5-spot Burnet (and possibly Mother Shipton and Chimney Sweeper), birds and meadow flowers.
If the above event needs to be cancelled due to rain, it will be held the following week:
Sunday 31st July 2011
Saturday 6th August 2011
MOTH AND BAT EVENING, BYNG ROAD NATURE RESERVE, BARNET
Suitable: All
Meet: 8:15 pm at Byng Road Barnet Countryside Centre. Car park available. Tube High Barnet then bus 384 to Wentworth Road then first left is Byng Road.
Contact: Liz Barrett web@e-barrett.com
Herts & Middx Moth Group expert Andrew Wood will conduct a moth survey of the BCC nature reserve and identify moths attracted to light screens. A bat survey, using bat detectors, will also be conducted. To finish 11-11:30 pm.
Sunday 4th September 2011
WALK, TOTTERIDGE VALLEY
Suitable: All
Meet: 10:45 for 11 am Orange Tree Pub car park, Totteridge Lane.
Tube Totteridge & Whetstone + 251 bus
Contact: Alan Rick, Chairman, LWT alan.rick@wildlondon.org.uk
Gentle nature walk in the scenic Totteridge Valley countryside. Duration about 2 hours.
If the above event needs to be cancelled due to rain, it will be held the following week:
Sunday 11th September 2011