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John Sears Study Day 2007 BADFA is pleased to give this event some publicity but it is not a BADFA event
On Sunday June 17th John Sears MSc will be holding a day
school "Wildlife in & around the River Gade". The day starts with an
introductory talk at Bushey Museum at 10.30 followed by a field visit to
Cassiobury Park. We will have a picnic in the park and the day will
finish around 4.30.
Cost is £10 per person.
Please send cheques, made payable to John Sears and your
contact details, to
44 Rutherford Way, Bushey Heath, Hertfordshire, WD23 1NJ or ring 0208 950 4950 or 07771 843557
The River Gade is a chalk stream habitat which apart from
isolated examples in Yorkshire & Normandy, is unique to southern
England.
We shall focus on the rich species diversity of this
habitat and on the problems of pollution and over-exploitation. There
will be an opportunity to study the chalk stream and visit near the site
of the water mill, torn down in 1952 and where kingfishers may still be
found, as well as the nearby canal at the edge of Whippendell Woods,
where Red Squirrels could still be seen in the 1940s.
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