What's on in Morecambe Bay?
Want to get involved?
Tourist information
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What |
Where |
Contact |
| 26
June - 23 December 2004 |
Richard
Owen, Dinosaur Man - exhibition on the
life of Lancaster born, Richard Owen, the man
who invented the word dinosaur. |
Lancaster
City Museum, Market Square, Lancaster. |
Tel:
01524 64637 or e-mail lancaster.citymuseum@
mus.lancscc.gov.uk |
| Aug
2004 - March 2005 1st Sunday of each
month 10am |
Working
party, Heysham Nature Reserve. |
Meet
in site car
park
GR SD407599 |
Reuben
Neville
Tel: 07979 652138 |
|
|
What |
Where |
Contact |
28
10.30am -
12 noon |
Half
Term Fun - art & craft activity with
Fleetwood Museum |
Fleetwood
£1 per child
booking essential |
Fleetwood
Museum tel: 01253 876621
www.nettingthebay.org.uk |
|
30
10am |
Make
A Difference Day - BeachClean |
Hest
Bank, Morecambe |
Anna
Jackson, BeachCare
Officer
tel
01539 773449
email
beach@morecambebay.org.uk |
30
11am - 4pm |
Feed
the Birds Day - learn how to make bird cake to
help birds over winter. |
Leighton
Moss Nature Reserve, meet at the visitor
centre |
tel
01524 701601 |
|
|
What |
Where |
Contact |
14
1am - 12 noon |
Birds
of Morecambe Bay - learn more about this
important place and see some of its special
birds |
Leighton
Moss Nature Reserve, meet at Teal Bay |
tel
01524 701601 |
7
3.30pm |
Spectacular
starlings - watch as thousands of
starlings descend on the reedbed to roost. |
Leighton
Moss Nature Reserve, meet at the visitor
centre |
tel
01524 701601 |
| 17 |
Recreating
wetlands for Bitterns within the AONB - a
lecture by Robin Horner of the RSPB |
Yealand
Village Hall, 7.45pm
Members £1
non-members £1.50 |
Arnside/
Silverdale AONB tel 01524 761034
www.arnsidesilverdaleaonb.org.uk |
|
|
What |
Where |
Contact |
8
10.30am - 12.30pm |
Winter
warmer - learn more about the reserve and
its wildlife on this guided walk |
Leighton
Moss Nature Reserve.
£5/ £7 inc. soup and hot drink |
tel
01524 701601 |
12
10am |
Working
party, Warton Crag |
Meet
at Crag car park SD498724 |
Jennifer
Newton
Tel: 01524 221569
|
28
10.30am - 12.30pm |
Winter
Walk - circular walk to blow away the
cobwebs |
Wyre
Estuary Country Park
NGR SD 356 431
£1.80/ £1 booking essential |
tel:
01995 602125
www.wyrebc.gov.uk |
|
|
What |
Where |
Contact |
| 5
Feb - 29 Aug |
Richard
Owen, Dinosaur Man - exhibition on the
life of Lancaster born, Richard Owen, the man
who invented the word dinosaur. |
The
Museum of Lancashire, Stanley Street, Preston. |
Tel:
01772
534075
or e-mail museums.enquiries@mus.
lancscc.gov.uk or visit www.lancsmuseums.gov.uk |
Please note
there may be charges for some of the events
advertised
If you would like
to advertise an event on this page, please email us
on info@morecambebay.org.uk
Want
to get involved?
All
year round...
Interested
in helping with bird-ringing?
contact
Jack Sheldon 01229 473102
To
organise a beach-clean or get involved in
Adopt-a-Beach
BeachCare
Officer 01539 773449
If
you see any pollution incident
phone the Environment Agency Hotline on 0800 80 70
60
Lancashire
Marine Conservation Society
shore walks, marine life identification, field
workshops etc., contact Ron Crosby 01282 843439
Interested in sailing
on the Bay?
Morecambe Bay Sailing Association (MBSA) is a
group of 13 sailing & yacht clubs in the
Morecambe Bay area. The clubs have different
interests ranging from windsurfing, dinghy sailing
& racing, yacht racing & cruising, to
powerboating & social
events.
The MBSA acts as a liaison group
between the clubs, organises open sailing events
during the season, maintains good social contacts
& monitors commercial & environmental
developments around the bay
with respect to their effect on sailing.
Its current chairman is Steve Taylor, who is also
Commodore of River Wyre Yacht Club. Steve can
be contacted on 01253 811948 or by email to s.taylor@btclick.com.
Contacts
for Roa Island Boating Club are Tony Almond (01229 474061)
and, for yacht races, Paul Venton (01229
473782).
Work parties for local nature
conservation:
British
Trust for Conservation Volunteers
South Cumbria - Tuesdays, Thursdays and some
weekends. Contact 01229 580234
Central Lakes - Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
some Sundays. Contact 015394 43098
North Lancashire - contact Dominic Parker 01772 250286
Cumbria
Wildlife Trust
contact John Dunbavin 015394 48280
Lancashire
Wildlife Trust
contact Graham Standring 01772 324129
North
Lancashire Naturalists
contact
Mike Moon 01524 701163
Tourist Information Centres
Local tourist information centres
hold a wide range of information on the local area
and events
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Where
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Address
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Telephone
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Blackpool
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1 Clifton Street, FY1 1LZ
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01253 478222
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Thornton-Cleveleys
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Victoria Square, FY5 1AJ
Wyreside Ecology Centre, River Road, FY5 5LR
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01253 853378
01253 857890
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Fleetwood
|
The Old Ferry Office, The Esplanade, FY7 6HF
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01253 773953
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Forton
|
M6 Northbound
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01524 792181
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Morecambe
|
Old Station Buildings, Marine Road, LA4 4DB
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01524 582808
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Lancaster
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29 Castle Hill, LA1 1YN
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01524 32878
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Killington Lake
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M6 Southbound
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01539 620138
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Kendal
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Town Hall, Highgate, LA9 4DL
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01539 725758
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Grange-over-Sands
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Victoria Hall, Main Street, LA11 6DP
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015395 34026
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Ulverston
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Coronation Hall, County Square, LA12 7LZ
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01229 587120
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Barrow-in-Furness
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28 Duke Street, LA14 1HU
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01229 894784
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