There is free transport to work sites on a Wednesday. The pick up point is from in front of the waiting room at Babraham Park and Ride off Babraham Road (A1307) at 9:30am. We aim to drop volunteers off again at 4:00pm. This programme will change every three months so please do check it regularly. Sometimes the Programme can change at short notice, please contact the Project Officer on 01954 713530 to confirm details before coming out.
Date: 7th
Place: No Task
Activity: No Task
Date: 14th
Place: Fleam Dyke SSSI.
Activity: We shall be preparing the section to the north of Mutlow Hill for the imminent arrival of sheep.
Date: 21st
Place: Roman Road SSSI.
Activity: The group will be undertaking a spring cut on areas of high quality chalk grassland to reduce competition from ranker grasses.
Date: 28th
Place: Roman Road SSSI.
Activity: A repeat of the 21st of April task.
Date: 5th
Place: Foxton Meadow
Activity: A welcome return to this only recently 'discovered' site. The group will be cutting areas of ranker grass and nettles to help encourage scarcer species of plant found on site.
Date: 12th
Place: Various
Activity: Water Vole Day. We shall be visiting known Water Vole sites around the Green Belt to check to see if they are still present.
Date: 19th
Place: Coton.
Activity: We shall be helping the Cambridge Preservation Society with their very exciting Farmland Nature Reserve. The day will consist of plant, bird and insect surveys.
Date: 26th
Place: To be confirmed
Activity: To be confirmed
Date: 2nd
Place: Haslingfield Pit
Activity: Floral Foray. We shall start off at Haslingfield Pit for the annual count of Man Orchid, hopefully this year we will break through the 100 barrier for the first time ever! We shall then visit other sites where the group has worked over the previous winter to see the fruits of our effort.
Date: 9th
Activity: Small Blue Butterfly Search. We shall be visiting two sites to search for this very elusive and declining species. Hopefully the work undertaken at these sites by the group over the winter will help this and many other species.
Date: 16th
Place: Fleam Dyke and Devil's Dyke
Activity: National Insect Day. On this day we shall be combining with James Fisher of the Devils Dyke Project to look at insects on both Devils Dyke and Fleam Dyke.
Date: 23rd
Place: Whittlesford.
Activity: We shall be helping members of the parish in controlling the very invasive Himalayan Balsam along the River Granta. This species is covering large areas of riverside habitat at the expense of many other species.
Date: 30th
Place: Wilbraham Common SSSI.
Activity: A summer visit to this popular site to see how successful recent ragwort control has been.
Date: 7th
Place: Girton Village Nature Reserve
Activity: At a new site for the Project to work on, we shall be assisting members of the parish in introducing more suitable management to this site.
Date: 14th
Place: Various
Activity: White-letter Hairstreak Butterfly search. This butterfly is only found on elm, a species that has suffered from the Dutch Elm Disease outbreak in the 70's. The butterfly is elusive, staying at the tops of the branches for a lot of the time. However, working with Butterfly Conservation we shall be visiting sites that are known to hold populations and then looking for new populations in other areas.
Date: 21st
Place: Fleam Dyke SSSI
Activity: We shall be cutting specific areas of grassland to reduce the amount of scrub regrowth to help the re-establishment of chalk grassland. We will also be collecting grass seed to sow on recently cleared areas of scrub.
Date: 28th
Place: No task
Activity: No task
Date: 4th
Place: Barnwell East LNR
Activity: The task at this once often visited site will be controlling rosebay willowherb and michaelmas daisy.
Date: 11th
Place: No Task
Activity: No Task
Date: 18th
Place: Great Wilbraham Common SSSI
Activity: The task of reducing ragwort at this important grassland site is still on-going but very necessary. We shall be targeting those areas that we focussed on last year
Date: 25th
Place: Toft Allotments
Activity: We will be continuing to help the parish in managing this special little site, grass cutting and scrub clearance being the main order of the day.
Date: 1st
Place: Roman Road SSSI
Activity: We shall be cutting areas of grassland to encourage the chalk flora.
Date: 8th
Place: Great Wilbraham Pit
Activity: Another autumn cut for this site with great potential.
Date: 15th
Place: Kingston Disused Railway Nature Reserve
Activity: A site that hasn't been visited for a while, we shall be cutting grassland.
Date: 22nd
Place: Haslingfield Pit
Activity: Man Orchids reached over 100 this year!! We'll keep on cutting the grassland.
Date: 29th
Place: Cottenham
Activity: A Great Crested Newt pond is in need of clearance.
Date: 6th
Place: Roman Road SSSI
Activity: We will be undertaking some very valuable scrub regrowth clearance.
Date: 13th
Place: Foxton Meadow
Activity: The group will continue the great work undertaken last year, reinstating management to improve the grassland.
Date: 20th
Place: Roman Road SSSI
Activity: We will be undertaking some very valuable scrub regrowth clearance.
Date: 27th
Place: Gog Magog Golf Course SSSI
Activity: We shall be doing emergency scrub clearance to help preserve the very small population of Moon Carrot found at this impressive site
Date: 3th
Place: Great Wilbraham Common SSSI
Activity: This is the first of five visits to this spectacular site over the winter. Scrub encroaching onto the grassland will be cleared
Date: 10th
Place: Harston Orchard
Activity: Scrub clearance to expose 'lost' trees and transplanting trees will be the order of the day at this wonderful site.
Date: 17th
Place: Docwras Meadow, Shepreth
Activity: We shall be cutting and raking the grass on this once neglected site. Continuing with this suitable management over the years will improve to quality of the grassland.
Date: 24th
Place: Ickleton Pit
Activity: This County Wildlife Site needs its annual trim and we will also be keeping a look out for Roman Snails!
Date: 1st
Place: Litlington Pit
Activity: A new site for the group, the elements stopped us earlier in the year! As with a lot of grassland sites we visit we shall be clearing invading scrub.
Date: 8th
Place: Fleam Dyke SSSI
Activity: Essential grass cutting will be taking place on the section to the south of the A11.
Date: 15th
Place: Great Wilbraham Common SSSI
Activity: The group's Christmas task so jacket potatoes, beans, Xmas cake and scrub clearance all round!
Date: 22nd
Place: No task.
Activity: No task
Date: 29th
Place: No task.
Activity: No task