NEWS

The Autumn 2019 newsletter is now available as a PDF.

2 PM, Sunday 12th May 2019
Classroom, Visitors’ Centre, Jesmond Dene

AGENDA
1 Welcome and apologies for absence
2 Matters Arising from minutes of the 2018 AGM
3 Treasurer’s report
4 Chairman’s annual update
5 Election of officers and auditor
6 Any Other Business
7 Presentation by the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) about Jesmond Dene’s birds

REFRESHMENTS PROVIDED FROM 1:30PM – COME
EARLY AND HAVE A CUPPA WITH YOUR FRIENDS!

We have just added the schedule for guided walks 2019 to the Events Calendar.   All are at £3 per head.  Booking preferred, contact the Visitor Centre on 0191 281 2082, but we will take people who turn up at the time if spaces are available.

Heaton Park                                           Sunday 28th April                Meet at the Pavilion                                                   1.30 – 3.30pm

St. Marys Chapel and Holy Well    Saturday 11th May                Meet at Visitor Centre                                                      1.30 – 3.30pm

Armstrong Park/Jesmond Vale       Sunday 2nd June                  Meet at the Pavilion                                                     1.30 – 3.30pm

Jesmond Dene                                        Wednesday 3rd July             Meet at the Visitor Centre                                         6.30 – 8.30pm

Paddy Freeman/Wild Jesmond Dene          Saturday 3rd August             Meet at Café Kiosk P.F.                                        1.30 – 3.30pm

FREE Family-friendly event
Come and join members of RSPB Newcastle Local Group, Rangers and Volunteers at Jesmond Dene to see how many garden birds you can identify, and add your sightings to the national survey.
You can also go on a short guided walk around the Dene to look for birds and other wildlife. Walks will start at 10.30 am, 11.15 am and 12.00 noon and will last about an hour.
Meet at the Visitor Centre.
Booking for the guided walks is preferred, but not essential. Please contact 0191 2812082 or email newcastlerspbgroup@gmail.com

Less than a week after bookings for the public Christmas Wreaths sessions opened, they are all fully booked. Sorry if you missed out.

We are taking bookings for the public Christmas Wreaths sessions in Jesmond Dene from Monday 1 October at 9.30am.   Please call in or phone  the Ouseburn Parks Visitor Centre  on 0191 2812082.

The sessions are on:

Sat 8 December                   10am -12.30pm

Tues 11 December              6.30 – 9pm

Wed 12 December               10am – 12.30pm

The cost is £12.50 per person (includes refreshments)

Come along and make your own Christmas Wreath. All materials provided but if you have a pair of secateurs please bring them with you. Places are limited; book early to ensure your place, 2812082 and for more information. This is an event for adults, so sorry, no under 16s.