Friends of the Pingle
Local Nature Reserve
Pingle
Events for 2009
AGM
Wednesday 22nd
April 7 for 7.30pm
Helen Scarborough on Bats
Slug Hunt:
Saturday 9th
May 2pm – 4.00pm
Chris de Feu
Pond Dipping:
Monday 18th
May for Primary Schools
Richard Chadd.
Moth & Bat Night.
Friday 17th
July 9.00pm
Helen
Scarborough. Toby Ludlow.
Drawing Competition
Saturday 10th October 2.00pm – 4.pm
Tree Dressing
Tuesday 24th November from 9.00am
For local Primary Schools
Enquiries:
Jean Edwards 01526 342022
| Travel
along Tattershall High Street, cross Butts Bridge, proceed along
Coningsby High Street and you will find an area of peace and quiet
for both people and wildlife known locally as The Pingle. |
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Local people and
the Parish Council have cared for the Pingle for many years but
after much damage from stormy winds it became dangerous and
consequently overgrown. Tattershall and Coningsby formed the
‘Friends of the Pingle’ and have turned a conservation area into
a Local Nature Reserve with the help of Lincolnshire County Council
and a Wild space! Grant. |
| It was
designated a LNR in 2004 by East Lindsey D.C. who own the land. |
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There are ponds
where Mallard Ducks and Greylag Geese nest during the Spring on the
islands. If you are early enough you can catch sight of a Kingfisher
flitting from branch to branch after small fish and at dusk
Pipistrelle and Daubenton bats skim over the water and amongst
the trees looking for insects.
The Pingle is home to
many unusual insects, at least four uncommon species use the wet,
wooded area around the main pond. |
| Alder,
willow and birch are the main type of tree plus there is an old Elm
which is home to the rare White Letter Hairstreak Butterfly which is
the group’s logo. |
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During the last
year there have been a number of events for schoolchildren and
adults including planting a Wildflower Meadow, Tree Dressing, Dawn
Walk, Moth & Bat Night, Pond Dipping and an Easter Egg hunt.
Plus the occasions
when volunteers have helped to clear and strengthen the causeway or
formed a working party to look after a particular area. |
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WHY NOT PAY A VISIT
If you find that
you are really interested in the Pingle and caring for it and its
wildlife the ‘Friends of the Pingle’ would appreciate more
people to join the group who, at the moment, meet each third Tuesday
every month. |
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Anyone wanting to
find out more ring Jean Edwards 01526 342022 |
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