EVENTS
Wednesday 28th October
RECORD Wildlife Exchange Session - New Ferry Butterfly Park: 30 Years of Managing a Site to Benefit Invertebrates
7pm - 8:30pm
Cedar House, Chester Zoo, Caughall Road, CH2 1LH
For their October Wildlife Exchange Session RECORD are joined by Hilary Ash from Wirral Wildlife, who will be speaking about New Ferry Butterfly Park.
Learn more about New Ferry Butterfly Park, a unique Cheshire Wildlife Trust reserve. This remarkable site has been transformed from a former railway goods yard into a thriving haven for flying insects and countless other invertebrates.
For more than 30 years, the park has been carefully managed using innovative and sometimes surprising conservation techniques to help protect and boost insect populations at a time when many species are facing serious decline. Alongside conservation work, the the park has become a valued educational resource, inspiring people of all ages through activities ranging from outdoor learning to a unique art trail.
Discover the fascinating story of this extraordinary reserve, learn what makes it so successful, and hear about the dedicated work that goes on behind the scenes.
Find out how you can support the park, get involved, and help safeguard this special place for future generations.
The Wildlife Exchange Sessions are relaxed occasions, with time for asking questions and chatting with others after the talk. Free drinks and biscuits will be provided! The event is organised by RECORD and kindly hosted by Chester Zoo as part of the Networks for Nature project.
Please note that the event is aimed at adults, however older children are welcome if accompanied by an adult.
Register here:
https://www.tickettailor.com/events/recordlrc/2430201
Sunday 1st November
Cleaver Heath Workday
Starting 10am
Cleaver Heath, Oldfield Road, Heswall
O.S. Grid Ref: SJ 256826
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Are you interested in helping to maintain this lowland heath with its special plants and animals? Practical work could involve removing invasive birch and bracken, maintaining paths or spreading heather seeds to help with the recovery and regrowth of heather where heathland regeneration work is taking place. You will also enjoy beautiful views over the Dee estuary.
If you are interested and haven't been before please register by emailing info@wirralwildlife.org.uk
You will be invited to come along to a workday to get a 'taster'; for what we do and if you are then interested in coming along on a regular basis you would fill in a Cheshire Wildlife Trust volunteer application form.
Sunday 8th November
New Ferry Butterfly Park Workday with Wirral Countryside Volunteers
9.30am - 4pm
Access from Howell Road, New Ferry, CH62 5BJ
Free volunteering event. Come for the whole day or join in and leave when you want to. Activities will include hedgelaying, coppicing, turf removal and other maintenance tasks.
Please bring a packed lunch and stout footwear. Tools, training and tea provided.
Cycle and car parking available on reserve. Good public transport links available.
Contact: Paul Loughnane by email jpl@liverpool.ac.uk or telephone 0151 645 8937.
Friday 13th November
Talk: 'Amphibians & Reptiles on the Wirral'
7.30pm
Thornton Hough WI Hall, Thornton Hough, CH63 1JL
A talk by Tom Doherty-Bone, Wirral Amphibian & Reptile Group
Admission £5.
This talk will cover the amphibians and reptiles on the Wirral, including the history of species, their conservation, the work of the Wirral Amphibian & Reptile Group, current issues emerging on the Wirral and how people can get involved.
Tom Doherty-Bone is a conservationist and ecologist who grew up on the Wirral and founded and chaired the Wirral ARG in 2019 and has recently set up the conservation organisation Friendly Frog Org.
The talk will be followed by complimentary tea/coffee and homemade cake.
