Bug Hotels! at Hucclecote Meadows 12:00 – 14:00
Sunday 22nd September
CITO 2019, Season Two
Attend a CITO from 1st September through to the 30th November and get a souvenir.
Parking: There is some on street parking opposite the reserve on Laxton Road (or in many of the other side streets nearby).
Where: Meet by the main gate on Lobleys Drive or find us in the fields, you should be able to spot the rangers truck.
What: Join us as we create some bug hotels in the first field of the meadows (off Lobleys Drive). The hotels will offer great habitats for bugs and small mammals. They will also protect areas of the hedge that have been prone to breakthrough. This will allow the trees in these places to grow and recover and provide a dense wildlife corridor and nesting sites.
How: The Countryside Ranger will be there providing guidance, tools and gloves. Bugs love all sorts of things! If you have any canes, old pots, carpet, fabric, bricks etc why not bring them along.
Health and Safety: The session and will be covered by council insurance as long as you are working under the Countryside Ranger's instruction. They will introduce the session and do the health and safety bit prior to work commencing. Children will need supervision and pets kept under control.
The GAGB
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The Geocaching Association of Great Britain (GAGB). The Association was established in 2003 to provide a national geocaching organisation and serve as a UK point of contact for geocachers, landowners, the media and others with an interest in geocaching.
As part of its 10th anniversary, it was decided to hold a CITO weekend in September which has now become an annual event. It would be great to see more of these icons pop up across the country and for other members to hold their own events where it is not feasible to attend one that a committee member has organised.
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There is a lot more information about what we do, including the landowner database, comprehensive event listings and forums at www.gagb.org.uk. If you would like to get involved follow the link and find our contact details.
The GAGB are encouraging everyone to organise CITO events this weekend, in part to pay-back for what we hope will have been a great summer of caching, and also to make things more pleasant for future cachers. If this CITO is the nearest one to you, please come along! |