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BERE REGIS WILDLIFE AND Enquiries about the classes can be emai led to me
at lucy.cruickshank7@hotmail.co.uk or telephone enquiries can be made via Lyn
ENVIRONMENT GROUP Simmonds on 01929 471528

With brighter, longer and warmer days the signs of Pop In Place Community Café Bere Regis, Be brave and take
Spring are now all around us. There are a whole that step…
bunch of firsts about to happen - bluebells will soon be
adorning our local woods, the swallows will soon be Every Friday morning from 10 am until 12 noon we are at the Community Café at
arriving (do let us know when you see your first), the Village Hall North Street to welcome everyone who walks through the door.
various butterflies will be on the wing, the first leaves
will be unfurling and much more. We also welcome new volunteers to help on our team for serving the drinks and
helping at events.

Call the Team Leader Alison 01929 472023 for more details.
Our Volunteers

You will be able to see many of these ‘first’ sights along the riverside path, helped
by the conservation work our volunteers have been doing over the past years to Pop In Place Work shop and Repair Shop
create a wider range of habitats. A very big thank you to all our volunteers. A variety of bird boxes and planters are for sale call in on
Come late Autumn the conservation working parties will resume. We hope to see
you there. Friday morning to see them
The final task of the volunteers this season was to plant about 30 trees of various We are a small group meeting on Friday mornings and do some wood work,
species alongside the path by the school and Souls Moor. These trees should form making bird boxes, bug hotels and planters etc we also do a lot of talking and
an impressive avenue in years to come and add to the variety of natural habitats drinking coffee. We have completed and refurbished the table tennis table and
locally. The trees were grown from seed gathered locally. that is available for people to play a game.
If you are interested in coming along and doing any of the above or your own

The crucial importance of helping to stop insect decline small project, call in and see us you will be very welcome.

A lot has been said about the decline in insect population. We get excited about
butterfly sightings but they are a minute percentage of the insect population. Pop In Performers Group
Moths and beetles are in incredible decline. These little creatures are at the The Performers group is back with lots of new faces and enthusiasm, working on
bottom end of the food chain. the summer production of “The Jungle King” this promises to be a fantastic
We have heard and read a lot combination of song, dance and creativity with Lions, Tigers, Giraffes, Zebras,
about the importance of having butterflies, birds of paradise and tribesmen. Recreating the songs from the Jungle
bee friendly plants for pollinating book, the Lion King, and a few more just to surprise you. The shows are to be
insects. However, in our gardens staged in June on
we mustn’t forget the other part Thursday June 15 6pm
th
of insects’ life cycle – in
particular small holes in soil Friday June 16 7pm
th
banks and walls left undisturbed
th
and a small pile of rotting wood Saturday June 17 2pm see poster in this magazine.
which can be home for small
beetles and other small insects.
There plenty of information on Blankets for Bere and Beyond
The Pop In Place have recently donated some lovely blankets to Angelbury Court

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