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Prize Bingo Reptiles
Prize Bingo is usually every other Friday at the Scout Hut, in June the bingo nights There are six reptiles native to England – grass snake, adder, smooth snake, slow
will be held on Friday 8th and 22nd Doors open at 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start. worm (which isn’t a snake but a legless lizard), common lizard and sand lizard. All
Refreshments are available. are to be found in Dorset. Slow worms are sometimes seen in gardens around the
village along with the occasional grass snake. Do let us know if you have seen

any of these reptiles either in your garden or elsewhere in the Parish.
Scout hut hire
Any other interesting wildlife spots, do please let us know.
The Scout Hut is available for hire, particularly during the daytime – rates from

£7.50 per hour. For more information, please contact Andrea Marshall on 01929
472588 or 0788 422 6445, andrealynnmarshall@hotmail.com Wildflower Meadows
We are looking forward to the meadow areas flowering over the coming

Contact us months. In addition to the annual cornfield wildflowers our group has sown near
to the school, Tilhill has ploughed and sown annual cornfield flowers in two areas
If anyone would like further information about Bere Regis Scout Group or the of May’s Wood – just above the school and at the far end of Shitterton. These
Kingsbere Explorer Scout Unit, all the contact details for the individual sections traditional cornfield wildflowers should include a mix of poppy, corn marigold,
(Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers) are available in the village directory at the corn cockle and cornflower.
back of this magazine. General enquiries and offers of help/assistance: Neal Unitt There are also the permanent meadow areas at May’s Wood where we can
-Jones on 01929 472273.
expect another stunning display - the nodding heads of ox-eye daisy are
Scout Group Publicity: Andrea Marshall on 01929 472588 and Helen Unitt-Jones on already out, and later we can expect to see the thistle like purple heads of
01929 472273. knapweed (otherwise known as hardhead), clover and many different grasses.
All providing valuable nectar and seeds for bees, butterflies and birds.
Red poppies have also been sown by the Dorset County Ranger service on the
Poole Hill roundabout, as part of the commemorations of the end of the First
BERE REGIS FLORAL GROUP World War one hundred years ago. Do go and have a look at these areas and
see what you can find.

Contact Us
The next meeting of Bere Regis Floral Group will be on If you would like to know more about the work of the Wildlife and Environment
Tuesday 12 June at 2pm in Winterborne Kingston village Group or to be included on our mailing list, please contact:
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hall. It is the club’s 60 anniversary and there is to be a
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birthday party with an entertaining speaker and a birthday Tony Bates at tonybates19@gmail.com / 01929 471563 or
tea to mark this very special occasion.
Mike Gee at mike.n.g@outlook.com / 0775 988 4942.
For all information. Contact secretary Sue Stone on 01929 472083

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