Community Workshops for Environmental Education and Skills Development Training
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RNRP has secured funding of £9,980.00, under the 'Awards for All' initiative from the Big Lottery Fund, to run twelve day long FREE community workshops for environmental and skills development to help you manage your wildlife area. It is planned to run the workshops over the next 12 months with most being held at the Newton Field Centre near Kettering, where there is a range of habitats appropriate to the needs and focus of the workshops.
Workshops will take place according to the season and will cover subjects such as identifying wildflowers, meadow and wetland management, hedge and tree surveying and planting, hedgelaying, fencing and coppicing.
The first event has now taken place with great success and was fully booked, so reserve your place early for the next workshops!
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Tuesday 27th April, |
Site management plans | Learn about managing sites with nature conservation in mind |
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| Bird surveys | Common Bird Census & Farmland Bird Survey | ||
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Thursday 13th May, |
Wildflower identification | Learn about identification of spring flowers | |
| Phase 1 surveying | Introduction to survey methods | ||
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| Tuesday 29th June, Newton Field Centre |
Wildflower identification | Learn about identification of summer flowers and grasses | Information & Photos >>> |
| Plant & water surveys | Quadrat surveys for plants | ||
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| Friday 23rd July, Newton Field Centre |
Survey techniques | Butterfly & dragonfly transects, sweep netting, point counts etc | Completed >>> |
| Recording methods | Species diversity, species richness, recording wildlife, Opal water survey | ||
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| Wednesday 1st September, Newton Field Centre |
Meadow management & hay making | Learn about managing meadows including have a go at haymaking (weather permitting) | Select here >>> |
| Collection of seeds | Collect seed prior to haymaking take some home to grow | ||
| Wednesday 29th September, Burton Latimer |
Wetland management | Learn about managing wetland sites with nature conservation in mind | Select here >>> |
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| Wednesday 27th October, Newton Field Centre |
Freshwater ecology | Learn about the ecology, flora and fauna of rivers | Select here >>> |
| Tree planting | Learn about tree planting | ||
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| Thursday 11th November, Newton Field Centre |
Hedge and tree survey | Introduction to surveying hedgerows in conjunction with OPAL | Select here >>> |
| Tree and hedge planting | Learn about tree and hedge planting | ||
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| Tuesday 23rd November, Newton Field Centre |
Coppicing | Learn why and how to coppice | Select here >>> |
| Thursday 9th December, Newton Field Centre |
Hedgelaying | Learn the basics of hedgelaying | Select here >>> |
| Hedge and tree survey | Introduction to surveying hedgerows in conjunction with OPAL | ||
| Wednesday 12th January, Newton Field Centre |
Fencing | Learn about the basics of fencing | Select here >>> |
| Tuesday 25th January. Newton Field Centre |
Coppicing | Learn why and how to coppice |
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| Wednesday 9th February, Newton Field Centre |
Fencing | Learn about the basics of fencing | Select here >>> |
| Wednesday 23rd February, Newton Field Centre |
Hedgelaying | Learn the basics of hedgelaying | Select here >>> |
| Wednesday 2nd March, Newton Field Centre |
Planning site management | Learn about completing conservation management plans | Select here >>> |
| Birds surveys | Introduction to bird surveys techniques |
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