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NEWSLETTER No. 15 -  Summer 1986

WEST MIDLANDS BRANCH, BUTTERFLY CONSERVATION

 

Shropshire Invertebrate Group

As part of their recording work this year a series of field meetings have been arranged to sites within the county of invertebrate interest. BBCS members are very welcome to attend any of these meetings and further details are available from the Branch Organiser (see also Summer programme for details of joint SIG/BBCS meetings):

17th May - Wenlock Edge; 31st May - Mortimer Forest; 19th July - Highley/Kinlet area

2nd August - Catherton Common/Chorley Covert; 16th August - Brown Moss

1986 Coach trip

This must be booked and paid for in advance.. The cost will be £6.00 adults and £3.00 under 16s (there may be a slight adjustment to this figure dependent on numbers booking). Seats are available to branch members, their immediate family and friends on a first come first served basis. Convenient pick up places will be organised once it is known who will be going, and final travel details will be sent nearer the date (please enclose a S.A.E.). An early start time is likely, probably around 8 a.m., and the trip is not considered suitable for very small children. Please fill in the enclosed booking form as soon as possible and, in any event, no later than 17th May. The coach has to be paid for in advance and we would therefore ask you to enclose the full amount with your booking. The trip will go ahead whatever the weather and we regret that no monies will be returnable.

Other Field Trips

These need not be booked in advance and it is O.K. for people to turn up on the day. The advantage of booking, however, is that if we know you are coming we will always wait 10 mins or so at the start and leave directions if possible.

Norfolk Weekend

The special weekend excursion to see the Swallowtail announced at the Slide Evening in March is now fully booked. If there is sufficient demand we will consider repeating the trip next year; otherwise we are happy to provide help and advice to anyone wanting to make their own arrangements for another weekend - please contact Margaret Vickery.

Typing

With our regular typist, Tony Hatton, excused duty this time owing to impending O-levels, thanks are due to Jenny Allen and Margaret Vickery who between them have undertaken the bulk of the typing for this issue.