Diary

Earthwatch Teams:
T1: Apr 30 - May 10
T2: Jul 5 - 14
T3: Aug 20 - 25
T4: Aug 8 - 13
T5: Sept 17 - 22

Mammals Trust Team: May 14 - 16

People’s Trust Day: July 24

What our volunteers think of the scheme

Lisa Wright:
"How on earth do I jot down a mere 'para or two' on something which has affected my life so much... Exaggeration? Not really, I was a fairly bored sales rep who decided to come down to Wytham for a break in routine one weekend and zap...
I have decided Wytham itself must be haunted by tree sprites or some such, it has a feeling of its own as you enter the woods, I felt bewitched instantly and I don't think I was alone...
Why else would I be giving up a relatively well paid job to run around after furry, flea infested critters and enjoy it!!!
I have now got a place at Staffordshire University to read Ecology from Sept and I've been offered part-time work assisting Wildcru with water vole research!
So, well, well worth while, a unique experience."

Events and Presentations in 2003/4

2003
Feb 14th . Cover of the University Gazette as part of Tubney story.
Feb 25th . Talk to the children of Stanton-in-the-Vale Primary School.
Mar 14th. Heron-Allen Seminar at Lady Margaret Hall (advertised in the Gazette).
Apr 10th. BBC Online/Oxford cover badger census.
Apr 13th. BBC Countryfile: badgers effected by drought.
Apr 25th . Oxford Times centre-fold article on badger project and census.
Apr 30th . Talk to the Bampton Environmental Group.
May 16th . Oxford Mail full-spread article on Wytham Badger Project.
May 23rd. Oxford Times follow-up article on the Census.
June 29th. Mail on Sunday article about mammal monitoring.
June 30th. Oxford University gazette article.
July 3nd. Mammal Track Partnership seminar and workgroup in Peterborough.
July 18th. "Squaring the Circle", article on using volunteers in BBC Wildlife magazine & on website.
Aug 14th. "Farming Today" programme on Radio 4, talking about the effects of hot weather and drought on badger numbers, wrt Tb.
Aug 14th. "Breakfast News" programme on Radio Oxford, talking about the effects of hot weather and drought on badger numbers.
Aug 14th. "Newsroom South East" local evening news on BBC1, talking about the effects of hot weather and drought on badger numbers.
Aug 15th. Headline cover on the Farming Guardian and Animal News Center (web)~ badgers and drought.
August. Article on Badger scent marking in MTUK Magazine.
Aug 30th. Talk and Badger watch for 30 members of BBOWT / Oxfordshire Badger Group.
Sept 16th. Interview on Radio Oxford's News Hour about Mammal Monitoring / Competition to win a place.
Sept 20th. Article in the Independent (Michael McCarthy / Environment) on Badger population changes / climate / volunteers.
Sept 28th. BBC Countryfile ~ Mice in trees.
Sept 23rd Talk to West Surrey Badger Group.
Oct 2nd Attended ONCF meeting in Oxford Town Hall.
Nov 11th Talk to the North Leigh War Memorial Hall Society.
Nov 25th the Garrsington Society.

2004
Jan 21st Talk to the Kidlington natural history society.
Jan 25th Article on footprints identification for "Deer" the journal of the British Deer Society.
Jan 28th Article about reproductive strategy and delayed implantation for Badger News magazine (NFBG).
Feb 4th Talk to the Kirtlington Wildlife and Countryside Society.
Feb 23rd Talk to the UTA at Ruskin College · Feb 25th Talk to the Abingdon Naturalists Society.
Feb 28th Talk at the EWE PI Conference.
Mar 10th Talk to the Brightwell-cum-Sotwell Environmental Society.