Mansfield & Ashfield Local Members Group
Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust
Protecting Wildlife for the future
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Newsletter
As a member of the Nottinghamshire Wildlife trust, you will receive the Natural World magazine three times a year, plus Nottinghamshire Wildlife magazine, published for the County members and if you live in the Mansfield and Ashfield area you will also receive a copy of our newsletter.
For members outside our area and non-members you can download our newsletters in Adobe Acrobat format by clicking on the links below.
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| Spring 2003 | Summer 2003 | Winter 2003 |
Latest News
Please follow the links below to the latest news from around the area
| AGM | Our 2nd year of our AGM preceeded by a walk and followed by lunch. |
| Badger Trust | "Stop the Killing" Campaign |
| Pond Dipping | Our Last activity of the season at Tippngs wood. |
| Rainworth Water Walk | John Woods inspired us with this guided walk around Rainworth Water and his poems. |
| Dedication of New Local Nature Reserve | On the 20th July the new Local Nature Reserve on the Warsop Carrs was formally adopted |
| Notts Wildlife Trust AGM | Thursday 30 June saw the Wildlife Trusts Annual General Meeting held for the first time at the Visitor Centre - Attenborough Nature Reserve |
| Night Jars & Tree Pippits | Over 30 people turned up for our extra walk |
| Orchids galore | Our walk round Portland Park and Bentinck banks |
| Letter from Sandy (Bedfordshire) | Sarah our former Vice Chair has moved to Sandy to work for the RSPB, read how she's getting on. |
| Trouble in Paradise | The proposed Carrs Local Nature Reserve met with some opposition |
| Meden Vale Walk | Andy Lowe took us on a guided and walk of the new local nature reserve. |
| Record for the Web Site | April saw the first month in which we have topped 1000 visits |
| Butterflies & Moths | John Ellis- records and information officer with the NWT gave us a talk on Butterflies & Moths |
| Owls & Birds of Prey | Adrian Blackburns came to talk about his work with the BTO and Owls and birds of prey specifically. His long career working with these birds and the enthusiasm he has was well illustrated |
| Success for our web site | We can monitor the usage of this web site |
| Slugs and more Slugs | What can I say - If you didn't attend you missed an absolute treat - Read Carol Pritchards review of Chris de Feu's presentation |
| Our Vice Chair | Sarah our Vice Chair will be leaving us at the end of Feb |
| Deer In Nottinghamshire | Chris Manning from the British Deer Society came to talk to us about the Deer in Nottinghamshire |
| Woodlands in Winter | A talk by Adam Goodall of the Sherwood Forest Trust and the Sherwood Initiative |
| Carsington Water | A fascinating talk by a ranger from the Severn Trent Water reserve at Carsington Water |
| Launch of our new web site | We have been working hard over the last couple of months to gather all the news and information about the Members Group and the NWT and make it available via the Web. Well here it is. Find out the full story by clicking on the link opposite |
| New phone & email address | In an effort to streamline our communications we have deployed 0870 numbers for our key Committee members and created new email addresses for them. Click opposite to make sure you have the latest contact information |
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