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EuCAN is a Community Interest Company (CIC) working in the UK and other countries of Europe to involve more people and communities in the conservation management of their local environment, by providing training and practical experience for young graduates, potential volunteers and contractors and therapeutic groups, in nature conservation and in sustainable land management.
Bottom Coombe Quarry, Easton, Portland - clearing the unwanted Cotoneaster, clematis and bramble scrub
Portland - Bottom Coombe Quarry, Easton
Today we meeting on Bottom Coombe Quarry to clear the regrowth of the invasive scrub, cotoneaster, clematis, bramble, buddleia etc particularly in the SE corner.
Read more >EuCAN Somerset Volunteers - no meeting today. Hardington Moor next week
No meeting today but we plan to be back at Hardington Moor National Nature Reserve next Tuesday 29th.
Read more >Scrub cutting and other maintenance work at Alners Gorse Butterfly Reserve, Hazelbury Bryan.
Alners Gorse Butterfly Reserve
Today we will be starting our new season's work at Alners Gorse, working on the encroaching bramble, willow and thorn in several parts of the reserve.
Read more >Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve, Portland - conservation workparty
Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve, Portland.
Today we'll be back at Broadcroft Quarry Butterfly Reserve, continuing with the scrub cutting on the eastern side of the reserve.
Read more >Silklake Quarry (Bumpers Lane development) and Bottom Coombe Quarry - seed sowing in the newly scraped areas.
Portland - Silklake Quarry and Bottom Coombe wildlife conservation sites
We have several areas of recently cleared ground here to spread with locally collected wildflower seed.
Read more >Cutting scrub to recover the flower-rich grassland at Curtis Fields SNCI in Weymouth
Curtis Fields SNCI Weymouth
For this visit to Curtis Fields we will be working with the EuCAN Dorset Mid-week Volunteers (DMV) clearing a large area of scrubbed over grassland
Read more >First Aid refresher course - 2 places left!
St Mary's Church Room, Puddletown
We have two places left on this daycourse - please let us know if you are interested. This First Aid refresher course is particularly suitable for volunteers doing wildlife conservation work with manual or power tools.
Read more >Wyke Farm, Chedington, autumn moth trapping session and leaf-mines survey
Wyke Farm Chedington
The first time we have held a moth trapping session at Wyke Farm at this time of year..
Read more >Chainsaw refresher training course
Motcombe, nr Shaftesbury
This is a two day refresher training leading to a LANTRA certificate. one place still available.
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