2010 work parties

Blo'Norton Fen warden, Jo Pitt, enjoying a well-earned rest in the fen's new pond!Work parties are fun, as well as being vital for the management of the fens!

As well as being a good way to get fit and de-stress at weekends, volunteering for work parties makes a huge and direct contribution towards the restoration of the sites that we manage. We are also able to count volunteer labour as match funding towards some of the grants that we obtain for habitat restoration work.

Work parties are held on the second Sunday in most months.


Date Venue Task
11 April Parkers Piece* thistle digging and other maintenance
9 May amphibians & retiles course click here for details
13 June Grasses and sedges course click here for details
11 July Blo'Norton Fen Cutting/raking road-side meadow
8 August Blo'Norton Fen raking fen meadow
12 September Blo'Norton Fens scrub clearance from wet fen

Click here for a location map of the sites.

* PLEASE NOTE this is a change from the previously advertised venue

All work parties start at 10-30am. Please come for as little or as much time as you like and bring your friends along - all contributions are valuable. You will need wellies or strong boots and old clothes- we will provide tools, gloves and refreshments.

For up-to-date information nearer the time check this website, please email us or phone:
for Hinderclay Fen, Reg and Rowena Langston on 01379-898009
for Blo'Norton Fen, Jo-Anne Pitt on 01379-898684
for the Frith and the Lows, Helen Smith on 01379-687680



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