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2012: CWT 50th birthday and Wirral Tourism Year of Coast & Countryside
Events suitable for most ages except very young children. Low mobility/wheelchair access marked # All free except lighthouse tour (number 14). Donations will be welcome
WALKING WIRRAL'S COAST AND COUNTRYSIDE Events from late winter to autumn. Natural history, usually combined with local history. Shortish distances, but expected to last 1-2 hours with lots of stops to look at things.
1. Wednesday 15th February, 10.30am New Ferry Shore: birds and shipping Watch birds feeding at low tide, walk along past the fever hospital site, talk about history of area including Great Eastern. No need to book. Meet: Shorefields open space, New Ferry. SJ340857. Leaders: Ed Samuels, Mathilde Baker-Schommer (birds),Simon Petris from New Ferry local history group
2. Sunday 11th March, 2pm # Help plant 50 wild flowers at New Ferry Butterfly Park to celebrate the 50th birthday of Cheshire Wildlife Trust. Disabled access. BOOKING ESSENTIAL 0151 327 5923. Ideal for families Meet: New Ferry Butterfly Park, adjacent to Bebington Station car park, off Bebington Road, New Ferry. SJ333851. Come by train or bus, or park inside the Park (disabled especially) or in Port Sunlight. Leaders: Paul Loughnane and volunteers from Wirral Countryside Volunteers and New Ferry Butterfly Park.
3. Saturday 14th April, 2pm # Help plant 50 wild flowers at Birkenhead Park wildflower meadow to celebrate the 50th birthday of Cheshire Wildlife Trust. BOOKING ESSENTIAL 0151 327 5923 Ideal for families Meet: outside the Visitor Centre, Birkenhead Park, SJ310892 Leaders: Anne Litherland (Senior Ranger), and volunteers from Cheshire Wildlife Trust
4. Saturday 21st April, 2pm Woodland management the traditional way. Thornton Common and Thornton Wood. See what hedge laying, coppicing, pollarding look like, done by Wirral Countryside Volunteers. Thornton Common is flat, but Thornton Wood has steep slopes. BOOKING ESSENTIAL ring 0151 327 5923. Meet: Thornton Common, Thornton Common Road, Clatterbridge, SJ323814 (adjacent to Wirral Rugby Club). Some car parking by bridge over motorway. Leaders: Paul Loughnane and members of Wirral Countryside Volunteers.
5. Tuesday 24th April, 10am Ancient woodland. Walk through Dibbinsdale for bluebells, wood anemones and other flowers of ancient woodland, and some local history. Finish with lunch at the Dibbinsdale Hotel if you like! Meet: Bromborough Rake Station, Bromborough Rake, SJ342819. Come by train - or park considerately in the nearby housing (no parking at station). Leaders: Pete Miller, Hilary Ash.
6. Sunday 6th May, 11am to 4pm # NEW FERRY BUTTERFLY PARK, Open Day to start the new season, Childrens' activities, craft and art stalls, pond dipping, guided walks to find mini-beasts. Meet: New Ferry Butterfly Park, adjacent to Bebington Station car park, off Bebington Road, New Ferry. SJ333851. Come by train or bus. Disabled parking only inside the Park, general parking in Port Sunlight.
7. Tuesday 15th May, 4pm Fort and rockpooling. New Brighton shore, rockpools and other shore invertebrates. Fort Perch Rock and its history. No need to book. Ideal for families Meet: in front of Fort Perch Rock, SJ310944 Leaders: Margaret Coles for wildlife, Derek Arnold for the fort.
8. Wednesday 13th June, 10am Red Rocks to West Kirby along the shore. Plants of sand dunes and salt marsh, including the new "Green Beach". Local history of this coast including Hilbre islands. Meet: Stanley Road slipway, SJ204883. Come by train (arrive Hoylake, leave West Kirby) or walk back along the beach. Leaders: Mathilde Baker-Schommer, Hilary Ash for plants, Sue Craggs for history.
9. Saturday 28th July, 2pm. # Grassland management traditional-style with scythes. Watch, and if you like have a go yourself. Pond dipping and mini-beast hunts. Disabled access. Ideal for families. No need to book. Meet: New Ferry Butterfly Park, adjacent to Bebington Station car park, off Bebington Road, New Ferry. SJ333851. Come by train or bus, or park inside the Park (disabled especially) or in Port Sunlight. Leaders: Paul Loughnane and volunteers from Wirral Countryside Volunteers and New Ferry Butterfly Park.
10. Tuesday 4th September, 2pm Lowland Heathland. Thurstaston Common. Heathers, landscape and management including grazing. No need to book. Meet: Royden Park, in front of coach house (by toilets). SJ246858. Leaders: National Trust warden Jon Twigg, Hilary Ash
11. Sunday 9th September, 2pm Help plant 50 wild flowers at Dawpool Nature Reserve, Wirral Way to celebrate the 50th birthday of Cheshire Wildlife Trust. Leaders: Ranger Frank Bennett, Wirral Wildlife volunteers Meet: Wirral Country Park visitor centre, Station Road, Thurstaston, SJ239834 BOOKING ESSENTIAL 0151 327 5923 Ideal for families
12. Saturday 15 September, 2pm Help plant 50 wild flowers at Bidston Moss community woodland to celebrate the 50th birthday of Cheshire Wildlife Trust. Leaders: Duncan Macnaughton (Forestry Commission), Hilary Ash. Meet: car park in front of Materials Recycling Facility, Wallasey Bridge Road (entrance between the entrance and exit to the Household Waste disposal site. SJ 297907). If coming by train, bus or cycle, meet at end of signed footpath access to Bidston Moss, on Wallasey Bridge Road next to exit from Household Waste site. BOOKING ESSENTIAL 0151 327 5923 Ideal for families
13. Thursday 20 September, start 10 am, (high tide 14.37, 9.3m) Stones and birds. Geology of the clay cliffs and birds of the Dee estuary. No need to book. Meet: Wirral Country Park visitor centre, Station Road, Thurstaston, SJ239834, walking down Station Road steps onto the beach. Leaders: Ranger (?Lynne), Hilary Davies (geologist)
14. Friday 5th October, 1pm (walk), about 2pm lighthouse tour Leasowe lighthouse and winter birds A birdwatch for the winter months - Leasowe Bay at high tide. Walk from Leasowe lighthouse to the shore, return to the lighthouse for hot drinks. The fit can climb the steps to the lamp room! No need to book for walk, which is free, but booking needed for the lighthouse (cost £2.50) 0151 327 5923. Meet: Leasowe lighthouse, SJ253912 Leaders: Ed Samuels and Mathilde Baker-Schommer (MECG). Rosemary Quinn from Friends of Leasowe Lighthouse.
15. Sunday 11th November, 2pm # Bluebells for Remembrance Plant bluebell bulbs at New Ferry Butterfly Park under our hazel coppices. BOOKING ESSENTIAL ring 0151 327 5923 Meet: New Ferry Butterfly Park, adjacent to Bebington Station car park, off Bebington Road, New Ferry. SJ333851. Come by train or bus, or park inside the Park (disabled especially) or in Port Sunlight. Leaders: Paul Loughnane and volunteers from Wirral Countryside Volunteers and New Ferry Butterfly Park. 1 match
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Thanks granny that should fill my diary up for this year
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OMG!! That can't be THE Mathilde Baker-Schommer can it!?! Teacher at Wirral Grammar for Girls?? Absolute Legend
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