DECEMBER - continued

Saturday 8
PETS ARE FOR LIFE
10.00am to 12.00 noon
RSPCA Rehoming Centre, Higher Quoit, St Columb Major
Meet in reception area. From A30, take Castle-an-Dinas road. Centre is on the right before you get to St Columb Major - clearly signposted. The event includes a guided tour of the centre and a chance to test your drawing skills.
You must book in advance.
Leaders Roy Stevens (RSPCA) and Anne-Marie Ellis
Contact Tricia Hoskings (01872) 240777 ext 200
Organised by RSPCA Fox Club and Watch

Sunday 9
SCRUB CONTROL
Chyverton
10.30am on site, finish approx. 4.00pm
Meet at reserve entrance.
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Bring wellies (ideally steel toecapped), waterproofs, gardening gloves and lunch.
Leader Gavin Henderson (01872) 240777 ext 209 or mobile 07971 542185
Organised by PARC (Practical Action on Reserves in Cornwall)

Monday 10
FINAL SELECTION FOR EXHIBITION

Allet
7.30pm
This will be a meeting for exhibitors (agreed at September meeting) to bring prints for framing. Final points for exhibition will be discussed.
Bring mounted prints (as agreed previously).
Leader David Chapman (01736) 850287
Organised by Photographic Group

Tuesday 11
BADGER CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Acorn Theatre, Parade Street, Penzance 7.30pm
Come along and join us for a badgery evening.
Contact Jayne Herbert (01872) 240777 ext 215
e-mail jzhfarwest@yahoo.com Website http://members.aol.com/ Cornwallbadgers
Organised by West Cornwall Badger Group

Friday 14
BIRDWATCHING AND LUNCH
Copperhouse
11.00am
Meet just off old A30 at turning to Phillack.
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To see birds on the Hayle Estuary and from the hide. Followed by lunch in the Old Quay House.
Bring binoculars.
Leader Mary Tout
Contact Elizabeth Jackson (01209) 713644
Organised by Camborne-Redruth Natural History Society

Saturday 15 FEEL LIKE HIBERNATING?
Newquay Zoo, Trenance Park, Newquay
10.30am to 12.30pm
Meet outside entrance of zoo.
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Find out how animals cope with extreme temperatures and food shortages.
Special admission price - children £2.80, adults £3.00
You must book in advance.
Leaders Mark Norris (Zoo Education Officer) and Anne-Marie Ellis
Contact Tricia Hoskings (01872) 240777 ext 200
Organised by Newquay Zoo, Fox Club and Watch

Sunday 16
TREE RESTORATION
Cabilla and Redrice Woods
10.30am on site, finish approx. 4.00pm
Meet at reserve entrance.
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Bring wellies (ideally steel toecapped), waterproofs, gardening gloves and lunch.
Leader Steve Chudleigh (01208) 821790 or mobile 07767 792427
Organised by PARC (Practical Action on Reserves in Cornwall)

JANUARY 2002

Sunday 13
REED CUTTING
Loggan's Moor
10.30am on site, finish approx. 4.00pm
Meet at reserve entrance.
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Bring wellies (ideally steel toecapped), waterproofs, gardening gloves and lunch.
Leader Gavin Henderson (01872) 240777 ext 209 or mobile 07971 542185
Organised by PARC (Practical Action on Reserves in Cornwall)

Tuesday 15
IS IT A WHALE OR IS IT A SHARK?

Queens Hotel, Penzance
7.30pm
Meet at Queens Hotel, promenade. Parking behind hotel or on the sea front. Come and learn more about some of the larger creatures that inhabit our local waters and about what the future holds in store for them.
Admission £2 to cover costs and a donation to Seaquest.
Leaders Nick Tregenza and Colin Speedie Contact Jane Richardson (01326) 562648
Organised by Penwith Group

Monday 21
ST KILDA

Parkhouse Centre, Bude 7.30pm
Talk by David Attwell.
Contact Tim Dingle (01288) 361356
Organised by Tamar Group

Tuesday 22
MEMBERS' EVENING
Griffin Hotel, Cliff Road, Newquay
7.30pm
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Please come along and show some of your landscape and wildlife photographs or slides, local or worldwide. This is an informal meeting and ideal for those who have never shown their photographs before.
Full parking and bar facilities available. All are welcome.
Contact Dave Thomas (01726) 861093
e-mail davecarp86@hotmail.com
Organised by Restormel Group

Sunday 27
COPPICING

Devichoys Wood
10.30am on site, finish approx. 4.00pm
Meet at reserve entrance.
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Bring wellies (ideally steel toecapped), waterproofs, gardening gloves - and sausages for a barbecue lunch!
Leader Gavin Henderson (01872) 240777 ext 209 or mobile 07971 542185
Organised by PARC (Practical Action on Reserves in Cornwall)


FEBRUARY 2002

Saturday 9
NEW MEMBERS' WELCOME BASH AND ANNUAL PARTY

Penzance
7.30pm
Meet at Rosemorran, Clements Road, Penzance
A friendly get-together for all Penwith members. A chance to make new friends and meet up with old ones - all helped along with a glass of mulled wine.
Bring a plate of finger food to share and a £2.50 donation for drinks and Trust funds.
Contact Liz Tregenza (01736) 351793
Organised by Penwith Group

Monday 11
MEMBERS' TEN-MINUTE MEETING

Allet
7.30pm
Selected members will talk for ten minutes on a chosen subject (species, places etc.).
Leader David Chapman (01736) 850287
Organised by Photographic Group

Friday 22
MEMBERS' MEETING
Camborne
1.45pm
Meet at Camborne Community Centre. An indoor meeting illustrating the varied wildlife of the Red River Valley. Bring slides and photographs.
Contact Elizabeth Jackson (01209) 713644
Organised by Camborne-Redruth Natural History Society.

Saturday 9 COPY DATE for the next diary 15th November 2001
The next diary covers the period from mid-February to late June 2002.
Advance notices of later events can be included to increase the chances of publicising them.
Wild Cornwall will be published on 22nd January 2002 but bear in mind when planning dates of events that hand-delivery in your area can take several weeks.
Please send details of events (these MUST be submitted on forms available from Trust HQ or typed in exactly the same order as on the form) to:
Diary Editor, Mark Dungey, 10 Rame Croft, Rame Cross, Penryn, TR10 9NB Fax: (01209) 860970