Bedfont Lakes WAB-meet?

Adam Cheeseman · #1 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009, 12:02 PM

Hi All,

Would anyone be interested in a meet at Bedfont Lakes Country Park, nr Ashford, Middlesex, in June. We have an all day free event for the public, imaginatively called Nature Day, which caters for all forms of interests, birds, flowers. moths, butterflies, mammals (small and largish), bats, dragonflies, pond invertebrates, a mining bee bank, and more.
I thought it might be nice for WABbers to come along and discover what delights I and James (Wellies101) have to put up with at work

I will confirm the date later, but it is a weekend jobby.

Any takers?

Cheers,

Adam

Hedge Witch · #2 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009, 12:06 PM

Yep Adam, I'm subscribing to the thread at least. There is a chance I can make it. Sounds like fun.

Wild-Woman · #3 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009, 12:07 PM

Sounds like a good meet but will have to wait for the date as June is a busy one already.

DavyG · #4 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009, 12:54 PM

Sounds interesting.

I'll watch the thread for dates.

Dave

pressld2 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wild-Woman

Sounds like a good meet but will have to wait for the date as June is a busy one already.

Ditto. I'm definitely going to the Norfolk meet and would like to get to the Farne Islands in June too. However, middlesex is not too far for me and I wouldn't need to be away overnight so if the date is good I'll be there.

Dave P.

Wild-Woman · #6 (**permalink**) 10-01-2009, 03:23 PM

Well having a son living West Berks- I think we'd be tempted to bed down there for the night. Is it over 2 days Adam?

Adam Cheeseman · #7 (**permalink**) 12-01-2009, 12:54 PM

Nature day itself is a one day event that runs from dawn until people have had enough of the bats at night, but if there is demand then I can arrange for WaBbers to have a second day on site or at another site/s nearby.

Forgot to mention that we usually have bird ringing going on during the morning to, and I will see if our bat handlers would mind coming along to do a box check on the day.

I will get the date out, its just that I'm not at work this week. So watch this space.

Cheers,

Adam

Adam Cheeseman · #8 (**permalink**) 17-01-2009, 05:15 PM

Saturday 20th June 2009 at Bedfont Lakes Country Park LNR

That's the week after the Norfolk meet.

Cheers,

Adam

Dutchess · #9 (**permalink**) 30-01-2009, 12:13 PM

Hello Adam,

Well. What a terrible job you have! How do you "put up" with it?

'Have just looked at the website for Bedford Lakes Country Park. If I still lived in Wandsworth, I'd certainly come along

D.

Adam Cheeseman · #10 (**permalink**) 30-01-2009, 04:30 PM

Hi D,

You're only 1.5 hrs drive from us. The website is woefully out of date and lacking in info. I have just done a session training to update it.

Cheers,

Adam

wellies101 · #11 (**permalink**) 02-02-2009, 02:19 PM

I'll be there (obviously) and I'm hoping its warmer then the foot and a half of snow I have in Croydon at the moment!

red_fan · #12 (**permalink**) 13-03-2009, 11:43 AM

Sounds good to me. Not sure exactly where it is but I dont think it can be too far from Twickenham.

Stephen

Dutchess · #13 (**permalink**) 13-03-2009, 01:27 PM

Well, the time is creeping near! Three months to go....

Yes Adam, I guess it isn't that far, really. Plus, it will be a great opportunity to meet up with fellow WABbers, you are right :-)

D.

Mungo · #14 (**permalink**) 13-03-2009, 02:11 PM

I have googled to see how far this is from me.

I may try and get to this one

Hedge Witch · #15 (**permalink**) 13-03-2009, 02:17 PM

Well if I'm going to follow TFL directions and brave the 3 h round trip, I'm guessing anyone can get there

Can't wait to meet everyone

camo · #16 (**permalink**) 13-03-2009, 09:39 PM

Hi

Date willing I will come.

Roy

Adam Cheeseman · #17 (**permalink**) 14-03-2009, 12:14 PM

Once I have the itinerary sorted I will post it so you can see what we will be up to on the day. Should involve a dawn chorus, mammal trapping, flower walks, bird ringing, bat walks, etc.

Cheers for now.

Adam

Dutchess · #18 (**permalink**) 14-03-2009, 12:38 PM

Thanks for the update, Adam.

A dawn chorus, eh? Looks like I may have to find somewhere to stay nearby on the Friday night as, despite my name, I really don't do mornings!

My sister lives in Hooley, I may have to work on that one

Dawn.

Hedge Witch · #19 (**permalink**) 14-03-2009, 12:43 PM

Hi Adam, to be realistic I'll probably only make it for some of the day. Hope this is OK.

Adam Cheeseman · #20 (**permalink**) 14-03-2009, 03:04 PM

No problem. The day is run so that people can come and go according to their interests. You certainly wouldn't have to stay all day if you don't want to.

Cheers,

Adam

wellies101 · #21 (**permalink**) 14-03-2009, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by red_fan

Sounds good to me. Not sure exactly where it is but I dont think it can be too far from Twickenham.

Stephen

Its next to no distance, in the car its probably about 15 minute drive depending on where in Twickenham you are? The train from Twickenham involves getting a bus once you get to Feltham (about 10 minutes on train then 10 minutes on bus). The bus stops directly outside one of the two park entrances.

Hedge Witch · #22 (**permalink**) 14-03-2009, 08:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Adam Cheeseman

No problem. The day is run so that people can come and go according to their interests. You certainly wouldn't have to stay all day if you don't want to.

Cheers,

Adam

Well it's not a case of not wanting to

, I'd be like a kid a sweet shop

. Just traveling, circumstances, and stamina too LOL.

Yaffle · #23 (**permalink**) 23-03-2009, 12:43 AM

I'm lucky, I live about a mile and a half from Bedfont Lakes. Is it now maintained by Laings? If it is, perhaps you could advise them on the most wildlife friendly ways to approach maintaining the other open spaces in the LB of Hounslow. They cetainly don't have much of a clue at the moment, cutting the grass so often that the flowering plants don't have a chance to bloom and putting our already beleagured beens and butterflies under greater threat. They also seem to have a policy of cutting right back to the edges of fields leaving no buffer zone for the wildlife. I wish these people would understand that nature doesn't do tidy. Come back CIP - all is forgiven