Working Parties:
These take place about half a dozen times a year, on Saturdays between 10 and 12 noon, with a break halfway through (tea, coffee and biscuits   supplied).

Everyone is welcome. Come in old clothes with stout footwear, gardening gloves, secateurs, loppers etc. We meet at the top of the Reserve, below  the Glen Avon Park entrance.   

Work may include activities such as seed collecting, bonfires, clearing bramble etc, hedge work and weeding.

Send us an email if you would like advance warning.

Next Working Party
                                                                          Saturday 21st July 
                                                                                                                                                                           

Guided Walks (starting from the Glenavon Park entrance ):
                                                      
           Sunday 10th June at 2.30 - Walk round the Reserve 
                                                                                                   led by Eileen Stonebridge, Ian Kerr and Guy Watson               
              
                      
          

           Sunday 1st July at 2.30pm - Wild Life  in the Meadows (Bugs and Beasties) 
                                                                     

           
         
          
         
         
          Thursday 16th August at 8.15pm  - Bat Walk

Paul Reddish, whose pond-dipping event last year was a great success, will lead a visit to the flower meadows, where he will talk about the insects and other creatures that can be found there. Paul has a distinguished career as a producer of natural history films and has worked extensively with the BBC and independent film production companies.

This event is designed especially for children with their parents. No charge, but booking is essential (phone 9686799).