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Upcoming Events
23rd April ~ Evening General Meeting @The Hart ~7.30pm
This will be an evening meeting to discuss a few topics and your opportunity to tell us what you might like to be involved with or want for the next year.
Topics will include:
- Bank account, subscriptions and equipment (camera trap)
- Himalayan balsam pulling events
- Hartland charity field community day
- Pondnet
Please let me know if there is anything else you want to put on the agenda This meeting will be the first of regular bi-monthly evening meetings where we hope to make the society more inclusive and social.
The Hart have very kindly agreed to host these meetings for us, so please show support.
Our next evening meeting will be Wednesday June 25th.
25-28th April ~ Water Testing Weekend
Join the Great UK WaterBlitz this April and fight for healthy freshwater!
Our rivers and freshwater habitats are at crisis point and we need urgent action.
The Great UK WaterBlitz is a biannual campaign calling on everyone to go out and test the quality of their local freshwater including rivers, streams and lakes. This helps to build a national picture of water quality across the UK. The Great UK WaterBlitz is part of our ongoing FreshWater Watch citizen science monitoring programme.
Hartland Nature Society are taking part and have kits for testing. We plan to include 5 of our rivers at the point of exit to the sea/beach.
We need volunteers, if you want to help please contact
Clare: chair@hartlandnaturesociety.org.uk Jennie: Jthgirw@hotmail.com Or Caroline: secretary@hartlandnaturesociety.org.uk
The surveys are fairly quick and can take up to 15-20 minutes to complete, the sampling kits include phosphate test strips, a turbidity tube and a dissolved oxygen probe.
New PondNet Project
The Hartland Nature Society are keen to start a new ‘pondnet’ project. We want to encourage the establishment of a network of ponds in the Parish and to help everyone who wants to join in by providing advice and guidance.
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Examples of litter collected around Hartland Parish March 15/16th
- The Hartland Nature Society is a small group of like-minded individuals living in the parish of Hartland in Devon
- We are interested in sharing and developing our knowledge of wildlife and the natural environment in the Hartland Peninsula
- We are keen to protect our wildlife and to develop methods to enhance and encourage more wildlife
- We have a full calendar of activities from talks to surveys and regular nature walks. SeeEvents
If you want to find out more, or join us, please email chair@hartlandnaturesociety.org.uk
