SPRING / SUMMER / AUTUMN   2010            

             Working to protect our countryside                                         

PROGRAMME

Please find below our programme for the coming months.

Indoor meetings are at the Memorial Hall, Welton starting at 7.30p.m.

Sunday 12th April 2010

               WARCS WELTON AREA TIDY UP.

From 10.30am to 12.30pm. Our Annual clean up of our local rights of way.

We will meet outside or near the Memorial Hall in Welton.

We have gloves, picking up sticks and plastic bags. Collected rubbish is to be taken to Chapel Hill where it will be transported to one of the Council's waste centres.

For more information telephone me on 01482 668064

Friday 7th May 2010

       IN SEARCH OF ORCHIDS by MICHAEL CHANDLER

This talk will of course be preceded by the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY.

Saturday 12th June 2010        SOUTH CAVE FARMERS MARKET.

Come and support our Annual fund raising day. We have our own stall here where we sell refreshments and any help you could give would be appreciated. A morning event. Fresh produce from local farms and more. Come and sit down and have Elevenses with your  Friends in the Society.

Friday 2^nd July 2010        MOTHING IN OUR RESERVE

At the WARCS Nature Reserve on Brantingham Road, Elloughton. Starting at about 9 p.m. This is one of the outdoor meetings which we hope to attract a number of youngsters, so bring your children or grandchildren.

Frank Botterill and other Local Lepidopterists will be on hand to help with the identification.

Telephone Tony on 668064 for more details

Saturday 11^th September 2010 VISIT TO GREENHOUSES NORTH CAVE

Start at 2pm. At Rosemary Roache’s Home near N Cave. Everthorpe Grange, Common Lane.

The use of biological methods in the growing of cucumbers, Leader Tony Roach.

Telephone Rosemary on 01430 423920 for more details

Friday 15^th October 2010   EARTH ENERGY PATTERNS.

What promises to be a very interesting meeting on Earth Energy Patterns, Crop Circles and other phenomena.   Given by local enthusiast Jim Lyon.

Sunday 7^th November 2010        WOOD WORKING PARTY

Our Woodland Nature Reserve does belong to you and  needs your care and attention, so how about a  working stint for a couple of hours starting at 10am and finishing at 12 noon. For those of you who have recently joined us, the Reserve lies alongside Brantingham Road at Elloughton just before the Ionians Sports Centre, and the entrance is from the Spindlewood estate as signposted.

Friday 12th November  2010          WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY

A talk by a speaker with slides from Dave Robinson a very good local wildlife photographer.

Also ...  The Society’s Nature photographic competition will  take place on this evening and is open to all pictures taken by members which have not previously been competition entries. Members are entitled to submit three entries each, titled or not, though an identification of the subject in the photograph would be appreciated. The size this year is open.

The Prizes will be £20, £10 and £5 for the three places. Every member in attendance will be given the chance to vote for the best photographs.

The Kingfisher Trophy will be awarded to  the winner of the Competition to hold for one year and which will be inscribed appropriately. Bring your prints on the night.

Friday 10th December 2010           SOCIETY QUIZ NIGHT

Members who have attended our Annual Quiz have usually come back for more. We improve our Quiz every year and we play as teams so don't be afraid of the dreaded mental block. Come and extend your circle of friends, and please bring food for the "spread".