Our third habitat management task of the current Autumn and Winter period will take place on Sunday 8th December, when we will again be clearing invasive scrub for the benefit of rare Sand Lizards and Natterjack Toads, this time at the Southport  end of the Sefton Coast dune system. This task will again be together with staff and volunteers from the Gems in the Dunes Project. For further details, please contact Mike Brown, by email, at mb001b9658@blueyonder.co.uk.

Our first volunteer habitat management task of 2020 takes place on Saturday, January 11th, in the Ainsdale Sand Dunes LNR. The task will involve the removal of invasive scrub, especially Sea Buckthorn, which is invading vital Sand Lizard and Natterjack Toad habitat and will again be held jointly with the Gems in the Dunes project volunteers and staff. For further information about this task, please contact gems-in-the-dunes@arc-trust.com

Our second volunteer habitat management task of 2020 will take place on Sunday, 26th January, this time at a fixed dune site in Ainsdale where scrub clearance is needed in order to maintain and improve the habitat for Sand Lizards. For further details, please contact Mike Brown by email, at mb001b9658@blueyonder.co.uk

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NMARG's next habitat management task will take place at Hightown dunes on Sunday, 23rd February, when we will be clearing scrub with the aim of encouraging the spread of Sand Lizards in this area. This task follows on from the one we undertook at Hightown earlier in the Winter. For further details, please email Mike Brown on mb001b9658@blueyonder.co.uk

NMARG's next habitat management task will take place on Saturday, March 7th, when we will be clearing poplar suckers from a SSSI site at Ainsdale, in order to maintain an open sunny habitat for Sand Lizards, The task will again be held jointly with the Gems in the Dunes project staff and volunteers. For further details, please email Mike Brown on mb001b9658@blueyonder.co.uk

Unfortunately, we have had to cancel the task on Saturday, November 27th, due to the Amber Warning of danger from high winds from the Met Office.

An addtional event is being organised for Thursday, December 2nd, when we will be helping the Rangers to remove invading birch trees from the Ainsdale LNR. All members of NMARG are welcome to participate. For further details, please contact Mike Brown on mb001b9658@blueyonder.co.uk

On Thursday December 9th, we will be helping to clear an area of invasive birch trees on the Ainsdale LNR, together with volunteers from Avian Ecology and Network Rail. Members of NMARG are very welcome to participate. We will be meeting by the Ainsdale Discovery Centre at 10am. For further details, please contact Mike Brown on mb001b9658@blueyonder.co.uk

On Sunday, December 12th, we will be carrying on with the clearance of scrub and small trees on an important Sand Lizard site at Ainsdale. All members are welcome to help out. For further details, please contact Mike Brown on mb001b9658@blueyonder.co.uk

Our first habitat management task of the New Year will take place on Sunday 9th January, when we will be carrying on with the scrub and small tree clearance we started in December, at an important Sand Lizard site at Ainsdale. This task will now take place on the Sunday instead of the Saturday, because of forecast very wet weather on the Saturday. For further details, please email Mike Brown on mb001b9658@blueyonder.co.uk