Noak Bridge Nature Reserve Society
membershipNew members are always welcome, and local households are encouraged to join the Society. For those who want to take a more active role there are opportunities to help out with the Society's activities.Annual membership runs from 1 June through to 31 May. £3.00 per household. Payment by cash or cheque. (£1.50 concessionary - retired, unemployed, disabled.) Cheques payable to Noak Bridge Nature Reserve Society. downloadable Membership Application Form (2023-2024) General Data Protection Regulation Policy from 25 May 2018 The Noak Bridge Nature Reserve Society adopted the following policy at their Committee Meeting 20 May 2018. To comply with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation, from 25 May 2018 the Society undertakes to ensure that data held on members, donors, suppliers and customers will be kept securely and will not be made available to third parties unless required to do so by law. A request may be made by those listed above to reveal what data of theirs is held, and to correct within 28 days any data as requested if it is incorrect or no longer required. The information that we hold will normally only be data supplied by people, organisations or companies about themselves. newsletter archiveAutumn 2003 / Winter 2003 / Spring 2004 / Autumn 2004 / Winter 2004 / Spring 2005 / Autumn 2005 / Winter 2005 / Spring 2006 / Summer 2006 / Winter 2006 / Spring 2007 / Autumn 2007 / Winter 2007 / Spring 2008 / Summer 2008 / Winter 2008 / Spring 2009 / Summer 2009 / Winter 2009 / Spring 2010 / Spring 2011 / Winter 2011 / Spring 2012 / Summer 2012 / Winter 2012 / Spring 2013 / Summer 2013 / Autumn 2013 / Winter 2013 / Spring 2014 / Summer 2014 / Autumn 2014 / Spring 2015 / Summer 2015 / Autumn 2015 / Winter 2015 / Spring 2016 / Summer 2016 / Autumn 2016 / Winter 2016 / Spring 2017 / Summer 2017 / Autumn 2017 / Winter 2017 / Spring 2018 / Summer 2018 / Autumn 2018 / Winter 2018 / Spring 2019 / Summer 2019 / Autumn 2019 / Winter 2019 / Spring 2020 / Winter 2020 / Spring 2021 / Summer 2021 / Autumn 2021 / Winter 2021 / Summer 2022 / Autumn 2022 / Winter 2022 / Spring 2023 / Winter 2023newsletter editor (2003-2010) - Janet Bircham newsletter editor (2011-2018) - Ray Batty newsletter editor (2018-2019) - David Braithwaite newsletter editor (2019-) - Tony Garner activitiesThe Society was formed in June 1999 as a result of many years of dedicated work and lobbying by founder-members striving to preserve the wildlife environment, ponds, meadows and trees around our homes as more and more of the land was acquired for housing. Due to their efforts our 20 acres have been secured as a local nature reserve for the forseeable future.Disabled access gates have been installed and there is an easy access trail on the lower level. On 2018 a biodiverse storage container was erected in the central area of the Reserve where tools and equipment belonging to the Society can be kept. The Society is dedicated to assisting Basildon Council Countryside Services in the development and maintenance of the reserve. We host occasional walks throughout the year on specific themes. A voluntary work party takes place once a month. Notices about work parties and other events are published on notice boards, in the local shops, and on the Reserve's Facebook page. Members receive a newsletter four times a year. The Annual General Meeting usually takes place in early July. work parties These are usually held on the third Tuesday of the month, January-November, from 12:30pm to 2:30pm, with a representative from Basildon Council's Countryside Services in attendance. (Until June 2021, the work parties were conducted by a BCCS Ranger. Until August 20-23, work parties were held from 1pm to 3pm.) Typical tasks include cutting back the sidegrowth along the walks, putting up and checking nesting boxes, coppicing to create woodland glades, cleaning up the ponds, conducting wildlife surveys, clearing rubbish and maintaining facilities (benches, paths, notices etc). Members and non-members are encouraged to take part. Meet at the Eastfield Road entrance. Reports on work parties and other events are posted on our Facebook page. Older messages from December 2005 to April 2010, originally posted on the forum at Noakbridge.net, were moved to the Facebook discussion board, but this facility was discontinued. All our discussion board posts have been archived and may at some point be make available online again. A small number of posts made to the Noakbridge.net forum earlier than December 2005 can perhaps be found by diligently searching the Wayback Machine. next work party - Tuesday, 21st May 2024, 12:30pm The pond survey didn't get done in April, so it may happen in May! future work party dates 21st May 2024 18th June 2024 16th July 2024 20th August 2024 17th September 2024 |
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