Winter Bird Walk

A guided walk around Siblyback Reservoir with Dave Conway to see and identify the winter birds.

SATURDAY 14^th JANUARY

OPEN TO ALL

Please meet at 14:00hrs in the pay & display car park for a circular walk around the reservoir to finish by 16:30hrs.

We are also seeking additional volunteers to join our local group when they install the Pied Flycatcher bird boxes at Golitha NNR later this month.

For details please contact Jane Uglow

01579 362350 or email juglow@cornwall.gov.uk

 The Project Team wishes everyone a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year and would particularly like to thank all our many partners, supporters and contractors for their hard work during the past year and look forward to a productive and busy time next year.

The site office at Minions will be closed from 22^nd December until 3^rd January when we’ll return to start off the New Year with a fresh programme of events in collaboration with our partner Local Project Groups.

For any urgent messages please email Andy Robinson (Project Manager) on  arobinson@cornwall.gov.uk  

      

       Pensilva & St. Ive Local History Group Presents:

“Restoration Projects on Bodmin Moor”

An illustrated Talk

By: Colin Buck Industrial Archaeologist,

Cornwall Council, Historic Environment.

Location: Millennium House, Pensilva.

Wednesday 30th November 2011, 7.30pm

  

November Walks & Talks

3rd November [Thursday]

'Moor than Words' a 6-week creative writing course. 
Aiming to ignite and develop your writing skills especially your personal reflections of the local moorland.
Meeting at the Cross Link Centre, Upton Cross each Thursday from 3rd November to 8th December
**Please contact Gayle Hollington Wyatt to book your place**
Telephone Gayle by telephone on 01579 362685 or email cornishbey@btinternet.com


17th November [Thursday]

Walk & Talk to discover woodland animal tracks and signs.
Learn how to recognise tracks and signs with Barney Hill at Golitha NNR
Meet at Golitha car park with suitable clothing to start at 2pm


29th November [Tuesday]

An Illustrated Talk on the 'Past, Present and Future of Cornish Woodland' by local woodland owner Simon Humphreys.
Venue: Millennium Hall, Pensilva at 7:30pm


30th November [Wednesday]

An Illustrated Talk presented by the Pensilva & St Ives Local History Group on 'Restoration projects on Bodmin Moor' by local industrial archaeologist Colin Buck
Venue: Millennium Hall, Pensilva at 7:30pm


For further details on any of these events please contact one of the CHAHP team:
By telephone on 01579 362350
or by emailing: CHAHP@cornwall.gov.uk

Additional events for Hedge Week

HEDGE WEEK   22-29 October 2011

Please join us on :

Thursday 27^th - 2pm Millennium Hall, Pensilva

Illustrated talk by CC Senior Archaeologist Ann Reynolds

“The field systems and boundaries of the Cornish landscape “

                 

Thursday 27^th - 7pm Millennium Hall, Pensilva

Illustrated talk by Plymouth RSPB Group Leader

“Birds Of Garden & Hedgerow”

Saturday 29^th   10-1pm Meet at Darite Village Hall

       

Hedge Walk from Darite to the Pipewell  finishing back at Darite Hall for home made refreshments

       

To book for a workshop or for more details please Contact Jane or Iain: 01579 362350

juglow@cornwall.gov.uk                                          irowe1@cornwall.gov.uk

Get involved with the upcoming Hedge Week

During the October half term week CHAHP will be holding a number of events and courses to celebrate Hedge Week. We still have some spaces left on the below courses which are all free to residents of the Caradon Hill area, you just need to bring your packed lunch.

Sat 22 & Sun 23 oct            Hedge Laying Course: 9 am – 4 pm

This two day beginner’s course will cover the basic skills required to lay hedges in the traditional style. Suitable for use on native garden hedges; hedges around smallholdings and farms; it would also be useful to countryside contractors. Over the weekend course, participants will lay a hedge along the side of the Upton Cross Parish playing field, helping the local community while providing a great training opportunity.

mon 24 oct                          Dormouse Workshop: 10 am – 4 pm

The day long workshop will establish the skills needed for the first stage to becoming a dormouse worker. Led by Dormice experts it is also suitable for anyone interested in this unique and endangered mammal. In the morning you will learn about survey techniques, nut recognition, habitat requirements and dormouse ecology. The practical afternoon session will include nest box checking and nut hunting at a local woodland monitored site. This course is suitable as the first step towards obtaining a dormouse license.

Tues 25 oct                           Willow Weaving: 10 am – 4 pm

Following an introduction to willow, the history of its use and how it is prepared; this willow workshop will teach you how to handle and work with this natural and native material to create a willow lantern. The course is open to families with children over 7 years old; all children must be accompanied by an adult.

fri 28 oct                              Bird Box Workshop: 10 am – 4 pm

The Pied Flycatcher used to nest in Golitha Falls NNR until its bird boxes fell apart. The aim of the day will be to construct boxes for this interesting little bird under the guidance of the Cornwall Wildlife Trust. All attendees will have the opportunity to make a box for Golitha Falls and one to take home to their garden.

To book for a workshop or for more details please contact Jane or Iain: 01579 362 350

September Walks & Talks

Invasive Plants Discussion

12 September 2011 at 7:30 pm, St Neot Methodist Chapel Hall with Jane Uglow, CHAHP Project Officer.

Up the Line Walk

20 September 2011, 10 am start, the walk will last approx 4 hours. This is in conjunction with the SE Cornwall Walking Festival following the Kilmar Junction Railway to Bearah Tor & returning via Sharp Tor – led by CHAHP Project Officer Iain Rowe. Some steep accents and descents, uneven underfoot, no dogs please. Bring a packed lunch and meet at Minions Heritage Centre.

Historical Tales Course

A free (to CHAHP residents) eight week course on how to plan and write historic fiction, with workshops delivered by EV Thompson and Simon Parker starting on 22 September 2011, 7-9 pm. Please call Lianne on 07831 802534.

Equinox Walk

23 September 2011, 6.30 am start the walk will last approx 3 hours.

Meet at the Hurlers car park, go up onto the moor to watch the sunrise, and then be guided around the landscape by Blue Badge Guide Mark Camp. Some steep accents and descents, uneven underfoot.

All walks are held with the kind co-operation of: The Duchy of Cornwall,

The Manor of Rosecraddoc, The Hooper and Bolitho Families,

St. Cleer & District Commoners.