Milford Conservation Volunteers

Conservation Task
2023-01-26 10:00 - 12:30 UTC
Meet at the entrance to the lower pleasure grounds by Kivernell Road.

Wear warm clothing as it can be cold when you are not in the sun. The task is to redo some drainage and fill in holes in the footpath. Some of the work is heavy but there are always light tasks to be done. So please come along and enjoy some time out enjoying the winter sun with like minded people.

Details of this event are sent to everyone on the volunteer task list. If you would like to join the list please fill in our contact form.

Tasks are planned with the parish council, and vary from lighter clearance work e.g. footpaths, bramble, rhododendron and hazel coppice, to heavier work like drainage, revetment or footpaths.

Volunteers should wear gloves and sturdy footwear, safety glasses and long trousers recommended. With summer coming along sunscreen and insect repellent if you need it and bring your own water/refreshments.

New Forest Volunteer Fair
2023-01-29 10:30 - 16:00 | Brockenhurst Village Hall
MCV will have a stall at the New Forest Volunteer Fair which is being held this year in Brockenhurst. Come Full details in link below

Creeks and Saltmarsh Boat Trip
2023-02-13 09:00 - 10:30, 2023-02-25 10:00, 2023-03-14 10:00 - 22:30, 2023-03-15 09:00 - 10:30
SOLD OUT

This is a boat trip around Keyhaven Creeks and Saltmarsh, led by bird expert, Keith Metcalf.

Space is limited so pre-booking is essential and payment needs to be received to confirm booking. Booking requests can be made using the form below, after which you will be contacted by the organiser for payment.

Meet at Keyhaven Hurst Castle Ferry Pontoon 5 minutes before departure.

Ticket Prices to cover costs only:

MCV Members £15 Non-MCV Members £18

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Youth Birding Trip

Creeks and Saltmarsh

Conservation Task
2023-02-23 10:00 - 12:30
Meeting point to be posted nearer the time.

Details of this event are sent to everyone on the volunteer task list. If you would like to join the list please fill in our contact form.

Tasks are planned with the parish council, and vary from lighter clearance work e.g. footpaths, bramble, rhododendron and hazel coppice, to heavier work like drainage, revetment or footpaths.

Volunteers should wear gloves and sturdy footwear, safety glasses and long trousers recommended. Depending on the season and weather bring along sunscreen and insect repellent and if you need it, and bring your own water/refreshments.

Nature Walk
2023-02-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Sturt Pond Bide Hide to Keyhaven Bird Observatory
Meeting Point: Sturt Pond Bird Hide

Leader: Keith Metcalf

Keith is known to many of you and will be leading another walk along the sea wall from Sturt Pond Bird Hide to Keyhaven Observatory, Looking to see what birds the weather has brought to our shores.

Don’t forget your binoculars if you have them, as you never know what might turn up!

New members are especially welcome.

Either fill in the form so that we know to expect you, or just turn up on the day.

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Milford Volunteer Fair
2023-03-18 10:00 - 12:00 | Milford Community Centre
The Milford on Sea Charitable Trust are organising a Volunteer Fair on Saturday March 18th from 10am to 12noon in the Community Centre.

MCV will be there so come and say Hello!

Conservation Task
2023-03-22 10:00 - 12:30
We will be working on Studland Common again and clearing another scrub area.

Meeting Point

If you enter the Common from Pless Road, you cross the meadow and go through the gate where the bench is. We will be working about 100m up the path on the right hand side.

There will be a mix of tasks from light pruning to heavier removal of bramble. This will be our last opportunity to work in the scrub area until after the birds have nested as we do not want to cause any disturbance. Please remember to bring good gloves and some water. We will bring some tools but if you have your favourite secateurs etc you can bring your own tools.

I think the morning should be dry but who knows. If it is raining at 9.30 then the tasking will be called off.

Details of this event are sent to everyone on the volunteer task list. If you would like to join the list please fill in our contact form.

Tasks are planned with the parish council, and vary from lighter clearance work e.g. footpaths, bramble, rhododendron and hazel coppice, to heavier work like drainage, revetment or footpaths.

Volunteers should wear gloves and sturdy footwear, safety glasses and long trousers recommended. Depending on the season and weather bring along sunscreen and insect repellent and if you need it, and bring your own water/refreshments.

Nature Walk
2023-03-28 10:00 - 12:00 | KeyHaven Bird Observatory, Keyhaven
Meeting Point: Keyhaven Bird Observatory

Leader: David Horne

David is Chairman of MCV committee and has a great deal of knowledge on many aspects of the environment.

Don’t forget your binoculars if you have them, as you never know what might turn up!

Open to everyone, and new members are especially welcome.

Either fill in the form so that we know to expect you, or just turn up on the day.

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AGM 2023
2023-04-11 19:00 - 21:00 | Milford Community Centre
A short AGM, followed by an interesting talk by Graham Giddens, local bird ringer.

More details to follow

Conservation Task
2023-04-19 10:00 - 13:00 | Pleasure Grounds
We will meet at the end of Sharvells Road where there is a layby with usually, plenty of parking space, please bring gloves and any cutting tools you have to assist. Don’t forget some water as we always need an excuse to stop for a rest !!!

We will meet at 10am on 19th April, if you cant make 10am and will arrive later let me know and I will give you another location to find us. It is a mixed level of easy and heavier tasks session.

This tasking session is going to be removing the ivy from established trees to give them a chance of surviving another winter of strong winds.

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Details of this event are sent to everyone on the volunteer task list. If you would like to join the list please fill in our contact form.

Tasks are planned with the parish council, and vary from lighter clearance work e.g. footpaths, bramble, rhododendron and hazel coppice, to heavier work like drainage, revetment or footpaths.

Volunteers should wear gloves and sturdy footwear, safety glasses and long trousers recommended. Depending on the season and weather bring along sunscreen and insect repellent and if you need it, and bring your own water/refreshments.

Nature Walk
2023-05-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Pleasure Grounds
Meeting Point: Danes Stream New Valley Road

Leader: Wendy Thomas and Mary Wheatley

POSTPONED FROM 24th APRIL DUE TO ABSENCE OF FLORA

Wendy and Mary have been surveying and monitoring wildflowers around the parish for a number of years. The meeting point will be determined by what’s flowering at the time.

Open to everyone, new members are especially welcome.

Either fill in the form so that we know to expect you, or just turn up on the day.

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Milford Plant Fair
2023-05-20 08:00 - 13:00 | Milford on Sea Village Green
… save the date

Conservation Task
2023-05-24 10:00 - 13:00
CANCELLED due to Parish Council Training

Details of this event are sent to everyone on the volunteer task list. If you would like to join the list please fill in our contact form.

Tasks are planned with the parish council, and vary from lighter clearance work e.g. footpaths, bramble, rhododendron and hazel coppice, to heavier work like drainage, revetment or footpaths.

Volunteers should wear gloves and sturdy footwear, safety glasses and long trousers recommended. Depending on the season and weather bring along sunscreen and insect repellent and if you need it, and bring your own water/refreshments.

Nature Walk
2023-05-27 10:00 - 12:00
Meeting Point: Needles Eye Café Car park

Leader: Lisa Malter, Ecologist

Lisa is a local ecologist who has been helping with our local bat surveys. We will wander along Beach front or Sturt Pond looking at coastal flora and any other wildlife that is around

New members are especially welcome.

Either fill in the form so that we know to expect you, or just turn up on the day.

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Conservation Task
2023-06-22 09:30 - 12:30 | Mervyn’s Bench
This has been rescheduled form 29th June

To get to Mervyns Bench you can enter from Milford Bridge, go pastBarnes Bridge and walking away from the village the area is on the firstsharp bend. We will meet at 9.30am and usually finish around midday to1pm. You can leave earlier. Don’t forget to bring strong gloves, somecutters and water.

Small area of revetmentSmall length of ditch clearanceSome ivy bandingA couple of bags of gravel on the pathPossible covering the boardwalk near the pond with planksHimalayan Balsam pulling (a little further upstream)As you can probably be this covers some light tasks and some heavier tasks.

Details of this event are sent to everyone on the volunteer task list. If you would like to join the list please fill in our contact form.

Tasks are planned with the parish council, and vary from lighter clearance work e.g. footpaths, bramble, rhododendron and hazel coppice, to heavier work like drainage, revetment or footpaths.

Volunteers should wear gloves and sturdy footwear, safety glasses and long trousers recommended. Depending on the season and weather bring along sunscreen and insect repellent and if you need it, and bring your own water/refreshments.

Friends of Ballard Water Meadow support National Meadows Day
2023-06-24 10:00 - 16:00
National Meadows Day is actually on July 1st this year, but the Friends of Ballard Water Meadow are holding an open day the weekend before at their meadow in New Milton.

Details can be found in the poster here, or on their website: Friends of Ballard Water Meadow

Butterfly Walk
2023-06-29 13:30 - 15:30 | Studland Common
Meeting Point: Gate 13 Pless Road, opposite Westminster Road

Leader: Helen Duckett

Tani is responsible for the butterfly transect at Studland Common that feeds into the Butterfly Conservation records. She will be recording butterflies along the way so if the conditions are not right, it will be postponed until the following day at 10am

New members are especially welcome.

Either fill in the form so that we know to expect you, or just turn up on the day.

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Butterfly Walk Standby Date
2023-06-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Studland Common
Note this is a provisional date which will only be used if the walk on 29th June does not go ahead due to adverse weather conditions

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Botanical Nature Walk
2023-07-07 09:00 - 11:00
Keyhaven

A second, leisurely botanical nature walk led by ecologist Lisa Malter where we will be identifying the many plants along the shore from Keyhaven observatory up the coastal path. There are many sea species including a rare samphire.

Meeting place: Outside Keyhaven Observatory

This event is open to anyone , although if you enjoy it you may want to think of becoming a member.

New members are especially welcome.

Either fill in the form so that we know to expect you, or just turn up on the day.

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Nature Walk
2023-07-24 10:00 - 12:00 | Hordle Cliff
Meeting Point: Hordle Cliff car park by kiosk

Leader: David Horne

David is Chairman of MCV committee and has a great deal of knowledge on many aspects of the environment.

Don’t forget your binoculars if you have them, as you never know what might turn up!

New members are especially welcome.

Either fill in the form so that we know to expect you, or just turn up on the day.

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Conservation Task
2023-07-27 09:30 - 12:30
Details of this event are sent to everyone on the volunteer task list. If you would like to join the list please fill in our contact form.

Tasks are planned with the parish council, and vary from lighter clearance work e.g. footpaths, bramble, rhododendron and hazel coppice, to heavier work like drainage, revetment or footpaths.

Volunteers should wear gloves and sturdy footwear, safety glasses and long trousers recommended. Depending on the season and weather bring along sunscreen and insect repellent and if you need it, and bring your own water/refreshments.

Conservation Task -Cancelled
2023-08-23 09:30 - 12:30
CANCELLED

Details of this event are sent to everyone on the volunteer task list. If you would like to join the list please fill in our contact form.

Tasks are planned with the parish council, and vary from lighter clearance work e.g. footpaths, bramble, rhododendron and hazel coppice, to heavier work like drainage, revetment or footpaths.

Volunteers should wear gloves and sturdy footwear, safety glasses and long trousers recommended. With summer coming along sunscreen and insect repellent if you need it and bring your own water/refreshments.

Bee Fayre 2023
2023-08-26 11:30 - 15:30 | New Milton Recreation Ground, Whitefield Rd,, New Milton, BH25 6DF
Conservation Connection New Forest are hosting the event again, on New Milton Recreation Ground

Bee Fayre – New Milton

Conservation Connection New Forest South

Drop in Birding Session at Keyhaven
2023-09-02 10:00 - 12:00
This is a drop in birding session open to everyone. They are held on 1st Saturday of every month, from 10 am – 12 noon, at Keyhaven Bird Observatory.

Local bird experts are available to help identify birds and answer questions.

Scopes and binoculars are available to use.

Everyone welcome, so why not come along and see what’s happening today?

Details of venue here

Drop in at Sturt pond on 3rd Saturday of the month.

Drop in Birding Session at Sturt Pond
2023-09-16 10:00 - 12:00
This is a drop in birding session open to everyone. They are held on 3rd Saturday of every month, from 10 am – 12 noon, at Sturt Pond Bird Hide.

Local bird experts are available to help identify birds and answer questions.

Scopes and binoculars are available to use.

Everyone welcome, so why not come along and see what’s happening today?

Details of venue here

Drop in at Keyhaven Observatory on 1st Saturday of the month.

Nature Walk
2023-09-25 10:00 - 12:00
Keyhaven Coastal Path

Meeting Point: Keyhaven Bird Observatory

Leader: David Horne

David is Chairman of MCV committee and has a great deal of knowledge on many aspects of the environment.

Don’t forget your binoculars if you have them, as you never know what might turn up!

Open to everyone, and new members are especially welcome.

Either fill in the form so that we know to expect you, or just turn up on the day.

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Conservation Task
2023-09-27 09:30 - 12:30
Details of this event are sent to everyone on the volunteer task list. If you would like to join the list please fill in our contact form.

Tasks are planned with the parish council, and vary from lighter clearance work e.g. footpaths, bramble, rhododendron and hazel coppice, to heavier work like drainage, revetment or footpaths.

Volunteers should wear gloves and sturdy footwear, safety glasses and long trousers recommended. With summer coming along sunscreen and insect repellent if you need it and bring your own water/refreshments.
