Brickfields Country Park future dates in 2009

The Friends of Brickfields Country Park are booked to be at the following events during 2009
"Come along and see us"

Task dates - oOo - Event dates

FBCP welcome involvement from the public as occasional volunteers or members. Work parties are usually held in the park on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month from 1:30pm onwards (see below), meeting in the center of the park at the picnic area. No special skills are needed, just some strong footwear!, and a willingness to contribute to your environment. The work covers many topics from pond clearance to path building and more, we are insured for public liability, tools are provided and safety is covered before starting. For details E-mail

Please note that starting this year 2009, we will have new start times for the winter period work dates. Arranged to coincide with the Daylight Savings Time dates of 29th March and 25th October, we will have a winter start time of 12:30pm, reverting to the normal start time of 1:30pm for the summer. We have shown these differing start times on the table below as  winter  and  summer . This trial is to see if the new start time allows us to recoup some of the working hours lost during our winter schedule because of D.S.T.

Task & Event dates scheduled for 2009 are :-
(Dates subject to change as event notifications are received)

Forthcoming Event Dates - 2009

Sunday 5th July, Brickfields Country Park - "Fur & Feathers" Wildlife Fun Day. 11am to 4pm.  (location map GU11 3QJ) With farm animals, Birds of Prey display, stalls and displays from local environment and wildlife groups, hot and cold refreshments, games, quizzes, tombola, cake stall and our own brand "Brickfields Park" jams, a very popular item. Coffee and Tea from our refreshments are all "Fair Trade" products. Millers Ark Animals are a very popular attraction drawing young and old to their interactive display of Ducks, Goats, Geese, Rabbits, Cattle, Chickens Pigs and other farmyard animals.

Space is available for this years event, email for a booking.

Participants for 2009 -

• Blackwater Valley Countryside Partnership - with their information stand about wildlife in this area and a live display of bugs and beasts from Brickfields Pond.
• Butterfly Conservation - display about the butterflies of the UK and their conservation and what you can do to help them.
• St. Michaels C.E. Infant School - Children's toy stall.
• Mark's Birds of Prey Display- Eagle Owl, Buzzard, Harris Hawk, Kestrel. Get the chance to see these rare birds, handle them and have your photo taken..
• Millers Ark Animals - an old favourite at our Fun Days, come and pet the animals, learn more about them and if the Sheep decide to roam free like last year, watch out for a rumpus at the cake stall !.
• Camberley and District Cats Protection - With their display and stall showing the work they do in the local community caring and advising about cats.
• Bricks and Bread - Sustainable Living Centre - a brand new venture in Aldershot, based in the Albion Works Church Lane with exiting potential for the future. Advice, exhibitions and training.
• Cove Brook Greenway - a new exhibitor this year showing off the Cove Brook, it's environs and the volunteers who help maintain it.
• Rushmoor Urban Wildlife Group - another new exhibitor this year. The group promote wildlife gardening in the borough through awareness events, practical training sessions, production of an informative guide to encouraging wildlife to your garden, and the design and maintenance of a demonstration wildlife garden in Farnborough.

Our 2008 Sponsors were :-

• Speedy Tool Hire, Aldershot (website) - electrical facilities.
• Rushmoor Borough Council (website) - leaflets, publicity and toilets.

We welcome this year Speedy Tool Hire who are helping out with the electrical generation facilities for this years Fur & Feathers Funday, following the withdrawal our previous sponsors. Without the help of local organisations we would at times be unable to do some of our conservation work and also stage events like the Fun Day. Our grateful thanks go to them.

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