Events & Activities Diary
The Trust as a whole runs many fun, informative courses and events, including species and reserve walks and talks, open garden days, family fun days, children’s events, animal identification and other wildlife skills, and much more. For a full list of all upcoming events and courses runs by HWT, please visit the Learn and Discover pages.
Join THE BIG SPAWN COUNT! Pond Conservation and Amphibian & Reptile Conservation (ARC) are running a joint project to find out more about the number of frogs breeding in garden ponds. For more information visit: http://www.pondconservation.org.uk/bigponddip/BigSpawncount
Wednesday 2nd May - Natterjack Toad Walk - Hengistbury Head
Join John Buckley, Amphibian Conservation Officer for the Amphibian and Reptile Conservation Trust (ARC), for a walk over the head looking and listening for Natterjack Toads. For more details and booking, please contact Sarah Bignell at SarahB@hwt.org.uk or 01489 774409.
April/May 2012 – Great Crested Newt Surveys – Emer Bog
Join Sarah Bignell, Trust Ecologist, for Great Crested Newt surveys at Emer Bog HIWWT Nature Reserve as part of the on-going Great Crested Newt surveys the Trust is co-ordinating with HARG. Survey times will be provided with confirmation of your place on the survey, but will start around sunset.
Surveys are conducted at night time so are not suitable for children.
Spaces are limited so please book in advance with Sarah Bignell (SarahB@hwt.org.uk), sending all the dates you are available. Booking will be on a first come, first served basis. If your first choice of date is full then we will try and fit you into another date so please provide all dates that you are free. Initially people will only be booked onto 1 survey day to ensure everybody has a chance to come along, but if you would like to come out again please let me know in case a space becomes free.
Survey dates: Thursday 26th April (morning collection of traps only, start approx. 7am) & Monday 21st May.
