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Radley Community Days at Thrupp Lake

 

[posted 02/04/2010, updated 28/04/2010, 31/05/2010, 06/06/2010, 23/07/2010, 11/10/2010, 15/11/2010, 05/12/2010, 09/01/2011, 14/03/2011, 19/04/2011, 02/06/2011, 06/09/2011, 18/11/2011, 07/12/2011]

 

 
 

Please join the Earth Trust (formerly the Northmoor Trust) for practical conservation tasks at Thrupp Lake!

Enjoy a few hours work doing whatever you feel capable of in these gorgeous surroundings.

Tufted ducks on Thrupp Lake, 23 April 2010. Photograph by B Crowley.

Thrupp Lake, 23 April 2010. Photograph by B Crowley

Meet at Sandles car park (through the green gates)

 

Tools provided

Please wear appropriate clothing and bring a lunch if you would like to stay for the whole day

Please be advised, there are currently no toilet facilities at Thrupp Lake

 

Everyone is welcome!

 
Scheduled dates for 2012:
 
(Click on link below to see a record of past events.)
 
 

Day

Date

Time

Task

Location of meeting

Thursday

5th January

10am - 1pm

Replenishing woodchip along the paths

Sandles car park

Thursday

2nd February

10am - 1pm

Replenishing woodchip along the paths

Sandles car park

Thursday

1st March

10am - 1pm

Early meadow cut and scrub clearance

Sandles car park

Thursday

5th April

10am - 1pm

Path clearing and general tidy up

Sandles car park

Thursday

3rd May

10am - 1pm

Adapting bird hide to create bat roosts

Sandles car park

Thursday

7th June

10am - 1pm

Clearing visibility from road junction

Sandles car park

Thursday

5th July

10am - 1pm

TBC

Sandles car park

Thursday

2nd August

10am - 1pm

Strim and rake meadow area

Sandles car park

Thursday

6th September

10am - 1pm

Island clearance

Sandles car park

Thursday

4th October

10am - 1pm

Scrub clearance around view points

Sandles car park

Thursday

1st November

10am - 1pm

Ground Ivy clearance

Sandles car park

Saturday

1st December

9.30am - 11.30am

Winter bird walk

Sandles car park

 
Record of Work Days during 2011:
 

February 5

March 3

April 7

May 5

June 2

July 7

August 4

September 1

October 6

November 3

December 3

 

Record of Work Days during 2010:

 
  May 28

 

 

Other Community Events during 2010

 
 
 
Contact Lorretta Waters, if you have any questions: lorretta.waters@earthtrust.co.uk
 

                                          

 

Related Links

 

Radley Lakes Wetland Centre, Record of Activities and Events in 2011

Winter Returns to Oxfordshire with a Vengeance

(Includes photos of Thrupp Lake in the snow on 19th and 25th December)

Northmoor Trust in Bid for People's Millions for Thrupp Lake Mystery and Magic

Community Work Day, 19 November 2010

Community Work Day, 08 October 2010

Community Work Day, Thrupp Lake, 27 August 2010

Community Event, Thrupp Lake, 18 August 2010

Community Work Day, Thrupp Lake, 16 July 2010

Family Day, Thrupp Lake, 03 June 2010

Community Work Day, Thrupp Lake, 28 May 2010

Community Work Day, Thrupp Lake, 23 April 2010

Big Tidy Up at Thrupp Lake Begins

Northmoor Trust

Earth Trust

 

 

 

 

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