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November 2019                       November 2019

 was a truly amazing experience which created memories and made me friends I   BERE REGIS WILDLIFE AND
 will retain throughout my life.
       ENVIRONMENT GROUP

 Events   With the onset of Autumn we have had some cooler
       days (but no frosts yet, thankfully) and some very wet
 Remembrance Parade – Sunday 10th November – The parade will leave the scout   weather. With cool and wet days we have turned our
 hut  at  10.30am  to  march  behind  the  band  to  the  church  for  the  Service  of   thoughts to furnishing little bugs with a good home for
 Remembrance.  All are welcome to join the parade and return after the service to   the winter and also to the health of our river.
 the hut for refreshments.

 Our next fund raiser for the Borneo Expedition is the Breakfast Café on Saturday
 23rd November from 9am to 1130am.  Please do come along and enjoy a freshly   Bug or Insect Hotels
 cooked breakfast and support the young people travelling to Borneo in 2021.   It  is  all  too  easy  to  forget  how
                                                beneficial  many  insects  or  bugs
                                                are. They are vital for pollination of
 Contact us
                                                our  flowers  and  crops,  they  prey
 If  anyone  would  like  further  information  about  Bere  Regis  Scout  Group  or  the   on  aphids  and  other  pests  and
 Kingsbere  Explorer  Scout  Unit,  all  the  contact  details  for  the  individual  sections   small invertebrates are a vital food
 (Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers) are available in the village directory at the   source for birds and other animals.
 back of this magazine.  General enquiries and offers of help/assistance: Neal Unitt-  It  is  probably  impossible  to
 Jones on 01929 472273.                         quantify  just  how  valuable  these
                                                creepy crawlies are,  but suffice to

    BERE REGIS MOT and SERVICE
 Could the ALEXANDER   CENTRE
 TEL: 01929 472205
 TECHNIQUE help you?   MOTs    say we and the natural systems we
 (No Re-Test Fee within 10 working days)    rely  on  are  hugely  indebted  to
 Learning the technique will enable you to   SERVICING    them! So, we thought we ought to
 realise that the way you stand & move can   REPAIRS   do  our  bit  to  provide  them  with
 BRAKES * EXHAUSTS   some  free  accommodation.  As
 be the cause of pain & tension   part of an exercise to help earn a

       conservation  badge  the  village
 COMPUTERISED DIAGNOSTICS
 The BMJ gave   LATEST EQUIPMENT FOR    Beaver,  Cub  and  Scout  packs
 MOST MAKES AND MODELS   assembled  and  put  up  a  number
 AT positive   of  bug  hotels  –  look  out  for  them

       alongside the streamside path.
 results in their   OVER 30 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE
 Back Pain trial   IN THE MOTOR TRADE   They did a marvellous job and we are very thankful to them. And, no doubt, so
       will  the  future  occupants  with  a  cosy  mixture  of  straw,  pine  cones  and  hollow
 01929 298 323   Proprietor: Bill Greer   sticks to nestle into. We can expect the hotels to provide great hibernation space
 Unit 1 Townsend Business Park   for  various  bugs,  such  as  ladybirds,  and  they’ll  continue  to  provide  a  valuable
 0770 441 9200   Bere Regis, BH20 7LA
       haven come next Spring and Summer as they can provide home to solitary bees,
 (At rear of Shell Petrol Station)
 Jeannette Martin MSTAT   lacewings and a wide range of other beneficial insects.

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