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Charlbury Green Hub

POND DIPPING: Blenheim Farm Nature Reserve, Charlbury

Saturday 5 May 2018 14:30 to 16:00

Details:

Come along for an afternoon of wildlife discovery in the underwater world of Porters Pond at Blenheim Farm our local BBOWT Nature Reserve.

Mark from BBOWT will be dipping into the pond to record the species that have made this habitat their home since it was created in the autumn of 2008.

The reserve is signposted east from The Slade (bottom of the dip) in Charlbury Grid ref: SP365195 www.panoramio.com/photo/25077314.

Family friendly but no dogs please.

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