For the weekend of the 23rd and 24th March we will be heading to North Devon for a residential trip. We will be staying at the home smallholding of one of our ex-vice-presidents set in a beautiful countryside. On Saturday we will be working on a local nature reserve and on the the Sunday we will be helping on the smallholding.
There will be a total cost of £35 for this trip including a £10 deposit to be paid beforehand. If you would like to go please email Lucy by 7pm Wednesday 13th March.
On Sunday 24th Febuary we will be heading out on another trip with Avon Wildlife Trust. These trips are always really good fun and a great way to learn some conservation tips from the pros.
There is a £3 cost for this trip and the AWT will be taking us by minibus, meaning there are limited spaces. If you would like to go please email Lucy, our president, by 7pm on Wednesday 20th Febuary. You must be a member to come along on this trip.
We are having a ‘Give it a Go’ trip on Sunday 10th Febuary. This will be just like our regular trips to Providence Plantation, but will also be a chance for potential new members to see what we get up to at BUCG. Therefore, you do not need to be a member yet to come along, however current members are of course still welcome!
As this is a Give it a Go session and is open to everyone, I will not be asking for sign ups. Simply turn up at Bristol SU at 10:15am.
You will need the things on this list (including money for the bus).
Welcome back! For out first trip of the new year, we’ll be heading to Providence Plantation on Saturday 26th January. We will be doing some light conservation work to ease us back into the swing of things. This is the perfect way to get some fresh air an exercise after all those long weeks of revision and exams! As usual, we’ll be having lots of tea and biscuit breaks!
Please email Lucy by 7pm on Wednesday 16th January if you would like to come.
On Sunday 9th December we will be heading to Providence Platation for a nature walk guided by experts from the Bristol Naturalist Society. This will be a great opportunity for you to get to our regular woodland a bit better and to learn what sort of flora and fauna you can look out for on our trips there.
On the weekend of the 24th-25th November we will be going to Brownsea Island in Dorset. This will be our first residential trip of the year and a first for Conservation Group, as we have never been there before. We will be working with the National Trust who run most of the island. We will be leaving Bristol early on Saturday morning, staying overnigh before returning late on Sunday evening. The trip will cost approximately £30, however, this depends on numbers, so may change.
If you are interested in coming on this trip, please email Lucy by 7pm Friday 19th October. Please register you interest even if you are not completely sure you can come yet, as we need an idea of numbers. Also, if you would like to come and have a car and would be willing to drive (it is about a 2 hour drive), please let Lucy know (you will be reimbursed for fuel).
On Sunday 28th October we will going on a trip to Browne’s Folly to help the Avon Wildlife Trust with some conservation work. This is sure to be a great day, and will be a fantastic chance to learn about conservation from the experts. There will be a £3 cost for this trip, which you can bring along on the day.
If you couldn’t make it to the first Taster Trip and still want to see how we roll, come along on Sunday 14th October for a great day of conservation work at Providence Plantation, a reserve in Long Ashton owned by the University and managed by us. If you came on the first Taster Trip, but enjoyed it so much that you can’t wait to do some more conservation, you’re welcome to come along again! This trip is open to non-members as well as members, so if you’re not sure if you want to join yet, this will be a great way to help you make up your mind, and wonderful day out with some great people.
If you would like to attend this trip, please email me (president@bucg.org.uk) by 7pm on Wednesday 10th October.
The summer holidays are just around the corner so it’s time for our final conservation trip of the year to Providence Plantation! On Sunday 3rd June we will be clearing the butterfly glade to slow doen the flurry of bramble growth over the summer. Then, in the late afternoon, we will have a barbeque. We will supply the barbecue and food like breadbuns and condiments (ketchup etc.), you just need to bring anything you’d like to be barbecued, plus drinks, snacks ect.
This should be a really nice trip to end the year, so even if you haven’t had chance to come to any other trips during term everyone is welcome to come along and try out some conservation work. It would be lovely to see lots of you there before saying bye for the summer!
It may have been a rainy week but the weather is looking lovely on Sunday so where better to spend the day than in the great outdoors! So that we have an idea of numbers, please could you either email our social secretary Cassia or say you are going on the facebook event.
On the afternoon of Sunday 29th April we will be having a nature walk around Providence Plantation guided by experts from the Bristol Naturalists Society. This is a great oppurtinity to lear about the woodland wildlife, especially about birdsong invertabrates and recording methods. We will begin the event with a picnic in the woods. Please email Heather by 7pm on Friday 27th April if you would like to come along.