This Thursday join staff from North York Moors National Park and Scarborough Borough Council and members of the Whitby Naturalists Society to help manage an important fragment of species-rich grassland beside the old railway line. A small strip of flower-rich meadow has developed at Hawsker Sidings a few miles south of Whitby on the former Scarborough to Whitby Railway route – now a popular permissive bridleway called The Cinder Track.
On Thursday 13th September, volunteers are invited to come along for the day , or just for the morning if preferred to grab a rake or a pair of loppers and enjoy some good company among fellow nature-lovers. Meet at the car park of the Seaview Caravan Park at 10am, a few minute’s walk from the work site. Over lunch there will be a chance to hear about the botanical interest at the site and news of a soon-to-be-launched volunteering collaboration on the Cinder Track. The work party will continue in the afternoon, for those who wish, finishing by 3pm. Work will mainly involve raking and gathering up arisings on the fragile ground following a cut with a mechanical flail. Some pruning of encroaching hawthorn bushes will also be carried out.
Please do come along, tools and instruction will be provided – you may like to bring your own work gloves, though spares will be available. Sturdy footwear is advisable and rain gear if the forecast is questionable. Lifts may be available from Whitby. Please contact National Park Senior Ranger Bernie McLinden, Mobile: 07976 292889.
We look forward to seeing you there!
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