Bracken clearance – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org Saving coastal birds and habitats from extinction Thu, 31 Oct 2024 17:51:17 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.3.18 https://i1.wp.com/www.birdsontheedge.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Birds-on-the-Edge-logo.png?fit=32%2C32 Bracken clearance – Birds on the edge http://www.birdsontheedge.org 32 32 32539615 March volunteer activity http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/03/08/march-volunteer-activity-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=march-volunteer-activity-2 Wed, 08 Mar 2023 11:47:03 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46479 Sunday 13th March 2023 – White Rock, Rozel, Trinity 10:30-13.00 From Jersey Conservation Volunteers Task Come and help us manage some scrub on the headland of White Rock, above Rozel. Gorse has started to encroach … Read more

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]]> 46479 February volunteer activity http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/02/08/february-volunteer-activity-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-volunteer-activity-2 Wed, 08 Feb 2023 21:40:13 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46464 Sunday 12th February 2023 – Grantez, St Ouen 10:30-13.00 From Jersey Conservation Volunteers Task Field cricket habitat restoration at Grantez. Due to the depletion of heathlands and grasslands, field crickets are now some of the … Read more

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]]> 46464 January volunteer activity http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2023/01/05/january-volunteer-activity-6/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=january-volunteer-activity-6 Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:15:40 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46402 Sunday 8th January 2023 – Les Blanches Banques, St Brelade 10:30-13.00 From Jersey Conservation Volunteers  Happy New Year!!! A new year, and a great task to burn off some of the Christmas indulgence 😊 Task … Read more

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]]> 46402 December volunteer activity http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/12/09/december-volunteer-activity-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=december-volunteer-activity-2 Fri, 09 Dec 2022 16:58:32 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46369 Sunday 11th December 2022 – Vallee des Vaux, St Helier 10:30-13.00 From Jersey Conservation Volunteers Task Coppicing is the practice of cutting trees and shrubs (typically willow and hazel) to the ground in order to … Read more

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]]> 46369 November volunteer activity http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/11/02/november-volunteer-activity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=november-volunteer-activity Wed, 02 Nov 2022 21:51:42 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46335 Sunday 6th November 2022 – Le Petit Pré, Trinity 10:30-13.00 From Jersey Conservation Volunteers Task Le Petit Pré is perhaps one of Jersey’s least well-known Sites of Special Interest; however, despite its small size it … Read more

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]]> 46335 September volunteer activity http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/09/08/september-volunteer-activity-5/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=september-volunteer-activity-5 Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:46:35 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=46233 Sunday 11th September 2022 – Les Creux, St Brelade 10:30-13.00 From Jersey Conservation Volunteers We’re back!! Task Join us for the first task of this season to get stuck into some habitat management work at … Read more

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]]> 46233 Jersey Invasive Species Week – 16-22 May 2022 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/05/12/jersey-invasive-species-week-16-22-may-2022/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jersey-invasive-species-week-16-22-may-2022 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/05/12/jersey-invasive-species-week-16-22-may-2022/#comments Thu, 12 May 2022 09:59:20 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45998 16-22 May is Jersey Invasive Species Week. There will be plenty of social media interest during the week #INNSweek #getINNSvolved and a series of events, lectures and field visits highlighting invasive species on the Island … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/05/12/jersey-invasive-species-week-16-22-may-2022/feed/ 1 45998 April volunteer activity http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/04/05/april-volunteer-activity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=april-volunteer-activity Tue, 05 Apr 2022 21:33:36 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45880 Sunday 10th April 2022 –– St Ouen’s Bay, St Peter 10:30-13.00 From Jersey Conservation Volunteers Task Come along for a morning of invasive species removal with the National Trust for Jersey! As part of the … Read more

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]]> 45880 Sheep on Les Blanches Banques http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/02/15/sheep-on-les-blanches-banques/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sheep-on-les-blanches-banques http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/02/15/sheep-on-les-blanches-banques/#comments Tue, 15 Feb 2022 10:08:05 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45747 Plans to return sheep to the sand dunes of Les Blanches Banques and grazing to revitalise the grasslands By Tim Liddiard Les Blanches Banques The sand dunes of Les Blanches Banques, set in and around … Read more

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]]> http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/02/15/sheep-on-les-blanches-banques/feed/ 3 45747 February volunteer activity http://www.birdsontheedge.org/2022/02/07/february-volunteer-activity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=february-volunteer-activity Mon, 07 Feb 2022 22:02:17 +0000 http://www.birdsontheedge.org/?p=45737 Sunday 13th February 2022 – Mourier Valley, St John 10.00 – 12.30 From Jersey Conservation Volunteers Task Join the National Trust for Jersey’s Lands team on Sunday 13th February to help maintain some of the … Read more

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