Slow-worm Survey Training Day
13 August, 10am-3.00pm,
Mersey Valley Visitors Centre Rifle Road, Sale Water
Park, Sale, Cheshire, M33 2LX. This training event
has been organised by the Amphibian and Reptile Group of
South Lancashire in partnership with Mersey Valley
Countryside Warden Service and with support from the
Herpetological
Conservation Trust. To book your place, please
ring Alex Krause on 0161 905 1100.
North-east Reptile and Amphibian Field Trip
17 August, Annstead Dunes
and Low Newton. Meet at 8am by the post office and
"Mace" shop on the coast at Beadnell (grid ref NU 232
295). We will be walking to Annstead Dunes to look
for lizards and then south to Low Newton, very possibly
stopping off at the Ship Inn on the way. Contact: Naomi Hewitt
nerag*yahoo.co.uk.
Frogs
and Friends Family Fun Night
28 August, Blackpool Zoo.
Adult £6.00, child £4.00. Proceeds donated to the
Amphibian Ark Campaign. Contact: 01253
830805
Know Your Herps
Friday 3 October, 7.00 pm, Percy Building, Newcastle
University. A talk by John Grundy for the Natural
History Society of Northumbria, titled Know your Herps: a
guide to the reptiles and amphibians of the UK.