Practical Conservation Task Day - Potteric Carr

Practical Conservation Task Day - Potteric Carr

Location:
Would you like to get stuck into some outdoor conservation work?

Join us for a day of practical conservation and reserve management tasks at the fantastic Potteric Carr Nature Reserve, a stretch of wetland habitat near Doncaster famed for wetland birds, including bitterns and marsh harriers. This is one of the largest reserves the trust manages, and the location of a visitor centre, with a network of paths requiring maintenance to ensure visitors continue to enjoy the site.

Position details

Commitment:

Tuesday, Sunday

Frequency:

Weekly

Upcoming task days in September and October are on the following Sundays and Tuesdays:

Tuesday 2nd September

Sunday 7th September

Tuesday 9th September

Sunday 14th September

Tuesday 16th September

Sunday 21st September

Tuesday 23rd September

Sunday 28th September

Tuesday 30th September

Sunday 5th October

Tuesday 7th October

Sunday 12th October

Tuesday 14th  October

Sunday 19th October

Tuesday 21st October

Sunday 26th October

Tuesday 28th October

If you'd like to come along you'll be very welcome! Just email Mark Roberts, Nature Reserve Officer - Potteric Carr mark.roberts@ywt.org.uk to book a place.

Useful Information for Task Days

Things you need to know:

  • Task days start at 10am (9am at Potteric Carr) and usually run until 4pm
  • Sometimes task days may change because of adverse weather. Please check the website for updates
  • New volunteers will need to provide emergency contact details and relevant medical details before beginning, just in case of any incident or accident.
  • We ask those coming on task days to arrive with clean footwear, this should be done before arriving on site. This is to limit the spread and damage of invasive non-native species.
  • Many of our reserves are rural or remote with limited welfare facilities. Toilets and running water are only available at Potteric Carr, Spurn and Stirley Farm. Contact the leader listed if you require any information regarding welfare facilities near to your chosen task day.
  • We’ll provide hand washing facilities (where possible) and hand sanitiser but do bring your own supply of hand sanitiser/wipes.
  • Under 18’s: For young people under 16 we will require parents or guardians to come along too. Young people aged 16 or 17 can volunteer without the need for an accompanying adult but we would need a parental consent form completed before you start volunteering.

What you should bring:

  • A packed lunch and plenty to drink.
  • Hard-wearing shoes, boots or wellies
  • Old clothes that you don’t mind getting dirty.
  • Waterproofs, sunscreen and insect repellent when necessary, you never know what the weather will do!

Tools and gloves will be provided.

Contact details

Contact: Mark Roberts

Email: mark.roberts@ywt.org.uk

Telephone: 07896 674745